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Category: Building Vocabulary

Rethinking Vocabulary Instruction: Beyond Lists and Quizzes
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Rethinking Vocabulary Instruction: Beyond Lists and Quizzes

Anastasia SpyropoulouJanuary 21, 2025December 3, 2024

Equipping students with the tools for effective communication requires a fresh perspective on vocabulary instruction. Traditional methods, like vocabulary lists…

From Sterile Drills to Vocabulary Thrills: A Laughable Lexicon Adventure
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From Sterile Drills to Vocabulary Thrills: A Laughable Lexicon Adventure

Katherine ReillyJanuary 16, 2025December 3, 2024

Picture this: a bright, buzzing classroom filled with eager eyes, crayons littering the tables like confetti, and one lone teacher…

Vocabulary Acquisition
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Vocabulary Acquisition

Eleni LeoutsakouJanuary 15, 2025December 3, 2024

The acquisition of vocabulary is crucial for becoming an articulate and proficient speaker of any language, as it serves as…

Vocabulary Building in English
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Vocabulary Building in English

Zafi MandaliJanuary 14, 2025December 2, 2024

Vocabulary is our language repertoire, words, phrases, chunks, idioms, lexical items in general acquired or learnt. Vocabulary acquisition is the…

The Importance of Vocabulary Acquisition in Second Language Learning
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The Importance of Vocabulary Acquisition in Second Language Learning

Anna KefalidiJanuary 13, 2025December 2, 2024

As EFL learners, one of the most important aspects to focus on in order to improve their language proficiency is…

Vocabulary Builder in English
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Vocabulary Builder in English

Effie PantazopoulosJanuary 12, 2025December 2, 2024

As an ESL teacher, I place significant emphasis on the importance of vocabulary teaching. For my students, mastering a rich…

Building Vocabulary: Formative Assessment Techniques to Enhance the Lexical Skills of Upper-Intermediate EFL Students
Building Vocabulary

Building Vocabulary: Formative Assessment Techniques to Enhance the Lexical Skills of Upper-Intermediate EFL Students

Nancy KatsikariJanuary 10, 2025December 2, 2024

In this time and era, where time is of essence, it is quite common for EFL educators to take advantage…

Password to Vocabulary Retention
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Password to Vocabulary Retention

ELT NewsMarch 3, 2020

Text by: Steve Vassilakopoulos   Most teachers find it frustrating when new vocabulary is presented, learnt and forgotten all in the…

Presenting and teaching English vocabulary via Semantic Feature Analysis grids and matrixes (SFA)
Building Vocabulary

Presenting and teaching English vocabulary via Semantic Feature Analysis grids and matrixes (SFA)

ELT NewsMarch 3, 2020

  Text by: Evangelia Vassilakou  Traditional vocabulary instruction focuses on pre teaching either difficult or low frequency vocabulary. This can cause…

Reading: Wherein L2 Vocabulary belongs
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Reading: Wherein L2 Vocabulary belongs

ELT NewsMarch 3, 2020

  Text by: Marina Siskou   A rarely defied teaching practice is the random introduction of the target language vocabulary…

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