vocabulary learning strategeis

byMisakiKato

CreatedbytheCenterforAppliedSecondLanguageStudies,UniversityofOregon

Vocabularylearningstrategies

(adaptedfromCohen&Weaver,2005,p.44)

Herearesomeideasabouthowyoucouldlearnnewvocabulary.Knowthateverybodyhasdifferentstrategiesthatworkwellforthem.Forexample,visualizationofnewwords(e.g.,usingillustrationorpictures)maybehelpfulforsomebody,butknowingpronunciationofnewwordsmaybehelpfulforsomebodyelse.Theimportantthingisthatyoucanthinkaboutyourownlearningstrategiesandevaluatehowwelltheyareworkingtoaccomplishyourpurpose.

Task:

Pickthetop3strategiesthatYOUthinkwouldworkforyourownvocabularylearning.Writedown1,2,and3nexttothelettersbelow.

Then,compareyouranswerswithyourpartner.Doyouguyshavesimilarordifferentpreferencesforvocabularylearningstrategies?

a. Categorization(e.g.sortingwordsbasedonmeaning,partofspeech,formalvs.informallanguageforms,alphabeticalorder,ortypesofclothingorfood)

b. Keywordmnemonics(e.g.,findinganativelanguagewordorphrasewithsimilarsoundsandcreatingavisualimagethattiesthewordorphrasetothetarget-languageword).

c. Visualization(e.g.,usingmentalimages,photographs,drawings,charts,orgraphs).

d. Rhyme/rhythm(e.g.,makingupsongsorshortrhymes).

e. Languagetransfer(e.g.,usingpriorknowledgeofnative,target,orotherlanguagestructures).

f. Repetition(e.g.,repeatingwordsoverandovertoimprovepronunciationorspelling,practicingwritingdownthewords,makingupstorieswiththewords,readingtextsthathavethewords,usingthewordsinconversation).

g. Otherstrategies.

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