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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"vocabulary teaching"”.
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Fostering conceptual metaphors in vocabulary teaching. Phrasal verbs in Spanish Secondary Education: A pedagogical implementation
Algo que caracteriza a los hablantes ingleses nativos es su control fluido e idiomático de los phrasal verbs (PVs) (Pawley y Syder, 1983). A pesar de su frecuencia, la complejidad semántica y sintáctica de los PVs hace que su uso sea una de las tareas más difíciles para los estudiantes de inglés …
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Exploring vocabulary teaching competencies Grade 10 English First Additional Language teachers of Thohoyandou Cluster in Vhembe East District
… are critically important in the learners’ vocabulary learning trajectories. Learners need a significant vocabulary repertoire for their academic commitments, comprehension of content and articulate expression of their responses, especially in tests and examinations. Despite these …
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Developing beliefs and practices regarding vocabulary teaching through a dialogic approach for professional development: A case study of English language teachers in Hong Kong
… in turn has the potential to promote effective teaching and learning. While research efforts have been devoted largely to investigating teachers’ beliefs, it is surprising that, despite its significance, there is little published data concerning vocabulary teaching, not to mention how …
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A study of the teaching strategies utilized by English communication skills lectures at the University of Venda to teach discipline-specific vocabulary
The importance of vocabulary to the learning and teaching environment is emphasized in the literature but exactly how this takes place is a subject of much debate. There are many teaching strategies to teach discipline-specific vocabulary, the question is which are the most suitable to be used in a …
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Teaching and learning vocabulary through reading at Saudi universities
Vocabulary is a vital part of learning a new language. The more learners learn new vocabulary, the more likely they are to be able to use the new language effectively. In an EFL context, where opportunities for practising English in daily life may be more limited, one of the main sources of new …
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Needs-Analysis-Informed Teaching for English for Specific Purposes
… is needed for English language teaching as a response to English-as-an-international language (EIL) contexts. Correspondingly this will lead to what is called “an ecological approach” that invites accommodation of language-learning instruction to the local needs within discourse …
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Increasing expressive vocabulary through non-traditional instruction
<p>This study examined vocabulary teaching techniques. Its major purpose was to discover ways of teaching vocabulary to students that motivate them to use the words and allow them to understand and use these words appropriately. This study utilized a qualitative approach, examining instruction …
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Production of German L2 Stress by Native Speakers of English
… of cognates. The results have implications for vocabulary teaching in L2 classrooms.
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Vídeos no ensino e aprendizado de vocabulário em língua inglesa : uma abordagem léxico-visual
… this study is to contribute to the discussion on vocabulary teaching and learning in the classroom of English as a foreign language, with an emphasis on the need for meaning construction to be perceived and realized in chunks of language, rather than in isolated words. The theoretical background …
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The Teaching And Learning Of Vocabulary: With Special Reference To Bilingual Pupils
… in particular their acquisition and use of vocabulary. One of the chief premises of the research is that pupils from bilingual minority ethnic backgrounds suffer a major disadvantage while learning from the National Curriculum because they lack the necessary richness of word knowledge, …
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Mediation Tasks in an eTwinning project Impact on the available vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language in Primary Education
… understanding of linguistic mediation tasks and vocabulary teaching and learning in the teaching of English as a foreign language. These tasks have already been integrated and evaluated in the compulsory educational systems of many countries and assessed by several renowned foreign language …
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Clever talk : using literature to boost vocabulary through explicit teaching in early childhood
Vocabulary knowledge is an important predictor of literacy and broader academic outcomes. Children’s literature is a rich source of sophisticated vocabulary, and this study investigated the efficacy of boosting word learning by incorporating explicit instruction approaches into story-book …