ENGLISH

GROUP 3 TO
YOUNG LEARNER

“Learning Words”

Presented by :
Nasrullah, Fadhilah Khairani, Muzhir Rinaldi.
 Learning Words
List of Slides

● Introduction
● Learning Vocabulary
● Knowing about a Word
● Typical Of Vocabulary Development Across Several Ages
● How To Encourage Vocabulary Development?
● Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
● Benefits Of Learning Vocabulary
● Useful activities for young Learners
● Techniques In Presenting the Meaning Of A New Words.
 Introduction

Building up a useful vocabulary is central to the learning of a foreign language at primary level.
While opinions differ as to how much grammar of the foreign language can be taught, children are
clearly capable of learning foreign language words through participating in the discourse of classroom
activities.

Vocabulary has moved to centre stage in foreign language teaching in recent years, backed by
substantial and increasing research (e.g. Carter and McCarthy 1988; Coady and Huckin 1997; Schmitt
and Meara 1997; Singleton 1999; Read 2000).
 Learning Vocabulary
 During the first few years of life, as babies begin to say words, it is easy to keep the track of their growing

vocabularies.

 Children typically understand or recognize more words than they actually use when speaking. For example, a toddler

might only say five different words such as Dada, mama, papa, etc.

 Vocabulary Development does not stop once a child can talk

 In fact, children learn many new words once they start reading and going to school

 The chart shows typical vocabulary development across several ages. Notice how quickly vocabulary grows over the

first six years of life

 Typical Vocabulary Development Across Several Ages

Age(In Years) DURING

1 to 1 ½ Toddlers develop around a 20-word vocabulary during this time

2 By the time a child is 2 years old, he/she will have 200-300 word vocabulary

3 Vocabulary grows to be about 900-1,000 words by the time a child is 3 years old.

4 The typical 4 years old child will have about 1,500-1,600 words vocabulary.

5 By the time a child reaches school age and heads to kindergarten, He/she will have between a 2,100 and
2,200-word vocabulary

6 Typically has a 2,600 word expressive vocabulary and 20,000-24,000 of receptive vocabulary

12 He/she will understand about 50,000 words of receptive vocabulary.

 Knowing About a “Word”
“Word is a letter or group of letters that has meaning when spoken or written”
It includes :
a. Receptive Knowledge
b. Memory
c. Conceptual Knowledge
d. Using it Correctly in spoken
form
e. Grammatical Knowledge
f. Collocation Knowledge
g. Orthographic Knowledge
h. Pragmatic Knowledge
i. Connotation Knowledge
j. Metalinguistic Knowledge
k. Cultural Content
 How To Encourage Vocabulary
Development

• Read to your students, read with them, expose them to plenty of reading materials.

• Talk to your students about the environment around you.

• Encourage students to tell about their surroundings.

 Teaching and Learning Vocabulary

● Include direct and indirect instruction in Vocabulary development.

● Acquire vocabulary learning strategies.

● Know how to use contextual clues and guessing the meaning from the content

dealing with unfamiliar items.

● Expose to vocabulary items repeatedly in rich context

● Having deep processing

 Benefits of Learning Vocabulary
The Students may benefit in two ways:

1. It helps the students the activity better.

2. It is more likely that they acquire the target
vocabulary words.
 Useful Classroom Activities For Young
Learners
Word For The Vocabulary
Day Basket

What’s Mystery
Missing Words
Scavenger
Hunt
 Techniques In Presenting the Meaning Of A New
Words

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Thank You