VOCABULARY

Laura Valentina Bermúdez

John Gutierrez
Juan Pulido
Juliana Cobos

Universidad de la Salle

Foreign language didactics.

Yamith José Fandiño

 CONTENTS

1. Introductory activity
2. Why to teach vocabulary
3. What vocabulary is
4. Factors to consider when teaching
vocabulary
5. How to teach vocabulary
6. Techniques to teach vocabulary
7. Summary
8. Closing activity
1. Introductory activity?

Look the letters

soup and try to find
the words.
2. Why to teach vocabulary?
The vocabulary is the essential element both in the comprehension of the
text, be it written or oral text, as well as in its production. Knowing vocabulary
means mastering specific words (nouns, adjectives, verbs, expressions,
among others), meanwhile it is often necessary to also know words that
would be called "support" that make the explanation possible when what is
needed is not known.

We believe that having a rough vocabulary facilitates the teaching / learning

process and in the background facilitates the communicative process.
 3. What Vocabulary is?
● Vocabulary is a group of words
that a language have about a
particular subject.
Examples of
vocabulary:
-Parts of the house.
-Parts of the body.
-Clothes.
-Food.
-Verbs.
Kinds of vocabulary

● Receptive Vocabulary
● Productive Vocabulary
● Vocabulary Mastery
4. Factors to consider when teaching vocabulary

It is important to take into account students' level of

English, age, and the purpose for which students learn
English. Similarly, if students have a disciplinary
approach (if they study for example, accounting, law,
engineering)
5. How to teach vocabulary
Total Physical Response

The teacher has to teach the vocabulary while

example the children can see. Then, the children
may to get the knowledge about a physical
response like pictures or objects.
 6. Techniques to teach vocabulary
Listen and repeat

Listening to a model
provided by the teacher,
a CD or video and
repeating what is heard
 7. Summary

First we proposed an Introductory activity, them is

necessary and have clear Why to teach vocabulary and
What vocabulary is because these are the reasons why
vocabulary is important however, it is necessary to point
out the factors that influence when teaching vocabulary
because not all teaching scenarios are not the same. Below
we show how it is possible to teach through certain
techniques and and finally we postulate a closing activity
where we will see what is shown above.
 8. Closing activity
Tree ideas

Trunk main idea or topic.

Leaves Main characteristics or

secondary ideas
 References
● Siqueira V, (2007), ¿Por qué y para qué enseñar vocabulario?, Brasil.
https://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/biblioteca_ele/publicaciones_centros/PDF/rio_2007/49_si
queira.pdf

● MOFAREH ALQAHTANI (2015). The importance of vocabulary in

language learning and how to be taught . International Journal of
Teaching and Education, Vol. III(3), pp. 21-34. , DOI:
10.20472/TE.2015.3.3.002
● Topor,R. (2016). Arbol verde y las raíces.(Vector). Available in:
https://sp.depositphotos.com/103382306/stock-illustration-green-tree-
and-roots-vector.html
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