How to Present Vocabulary (Thornbury Ch. 5)

Name two factors that need to be taken into consideration when deciding on the number of new words to present to students.

How should a teacher use the target language (English) and the students' mother tongue in class?

The teacher only speaks English in class and uses definitions of the new words in the same language to explain them. The context can also serve as an explanation of word meaning.

The teacher translates every new word they teach into the students' mother tongue because this is time-efficient.

The teacher speaks English in class and - when it is necessary - uses words from the students' mother tongue to clarify if they have understood the English words.

When is using translation to explain word meanings NOT appropriate?

In classes with advanced learners.

In classes with mixed nationalities (not one shared mother tongue).

When teaching beginners.

How are words remembered? Put the terms into the correct order.

Short-term memory

Working memory

Spaced repetition

Long-term memory

Why are words forgotten?

They are replaced by words learned at a later time.

The time span between the learning of a word and its subsequent repetitions is too great.

They are too complex.

They are not repeated sufficiently.

They are not relevant to students' lives.

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