In the class, Stephanie and Rachel presented about vocabulary building. In second activity, we had to guess the meaning of unknown words from the content. It was really difficult for me because I did not know not only the target words but also some other words. It made me more confused. But I really enjoyed the activities. When I become a teacher, I try to introduce my students to do that kind of activity.
Dian explained her APP. Her focus is on vocabulary building. She tries to make the students memorize vocabulary by using association cycle. I think that it is really helpful; however, it has one disadvantage. The method she is using consumes time a lot.
I really know what kinds of strategies our classmates use when they acquire second language.
2 comments:
I think word association is very helpful in learning vocabulary. The building of schemata makes remember words easier. Giving a word a context along with words it is used with can be helpful.
Very good point about ensuring that your students know the words in the explanation.
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