Reading  skill   

Teaching Vocabulary to English Teacher Trainees

        In non-English speaking countries, English teachers are non-native speakers of language. Vocabulary helps them to become proficient readers and writers. The framework of the oral skills and writing courses help them to learn additional vocabulary. The students can remember and use the new vocabulary with ease.

        There are 6 steps: 1.> Assessing the need of a specific class 2.> Checklist the list with native speaker students <optional> 3.> Preparing a transparency 4.> Assigning responsibility for each word 5.> Vocabulary reports and 6.> Review and self-checking. Now I would like to describe for each step. Assessing the need of a specific class. It can be done by the teachers. The first step is to compile a vocabulary list with the same number of words as students given in a class. The words should be given in the context. Checklist the list with native speaker students <optional>. The list may be checked with students who are native speakers of English. Preparing a transparency, the list should be written on a transparency for projection onto a screen. Assigning responsibility for each word, a word profile is suggested. Word profiles are definition, part of speech, pronunciation, synonyms/antonyms and etc. Vocabulary reports, each student are responsible for presenting a vocabulary item and Review and self-checking that the students review the vocabulary items that have been presented in the class.

        All of these steps, each student learn all the new vocabulary items and has an opportunity to give an oral presentation. It’s efficient and successful to learn new vocabulary.