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VOCABULARY
Premier Skills is the British
Council’s international partnership with the Premier
League operating in 25
countries across Asia, Africa
and the Americas from
Afghanistan to Zambia.
Premier Skills focuses on developing community
coaches and referees and on supporting
community projects. The programme has also
created a range of materials, including a dedicated
website, using football-based content for teachers
and learners of English.
Rob Lewis
Teacher Trainer
Aims of this workshop
• To look at principles which can help vocabulary
learning
• To consider practical ways
of implementing those
principles
• To evaluate video material
from the Premier Skills
English website with these
principles in mind
What’s the best
way to learn a
language?
Teaching vocabulary vs learning vocabulary
Learning vocabulary
Four principles:
1. Cognitive depth
2. Retrieval
3. Association
4. Multiple encounters
Adapted from Thornbury, S. (2002) How to Teach Vocabulary, Harlow: Pearson.
Cognitive depth
Association
Retrieval
Multiple
encounters
Putting the four principles into practice
Applying these
principles to
lesson plans
Extending an activity
Personalising an activity
Building vocabulary
Practical tools
Over to you