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Day2: Vocab Skills & Follow up



Introduction to Studying Vocabulary  + Diagnostic Follow-up

 Pair Discussion  (10 min.)
  • What do you need to do to succeed in a university course?
  • Why is attaining a high level of vocabulary important?
  • How do you study and learn new vocabulary? What do you think are the best methods or ways to learn more words? 



 Learning Vocabulary  - So many ways! 

  •   Flashcards (paper flashcards, or Quizlet etc.)
  •   Vocabulary lists 
  •  Memory methods – mnemonics 
    (something that helps people 
     remember something)
  •  Pictionary or typography – draw pictures 


 Attaining a high level of vocabulary
  •  Read a lot 
    •  What should you read?
    •  Self-selected materials (what interests you)
  •  Understand word categories
    •  Can you name some different word categories?
    •  p.6 GAV, Discipline Specific, Proverbs, Slangs, Euphemisms, Phrasal verbs ….. 
    • Which ones are academic?
  •  Learn morphemes: roots, prefixes, suffixes
  •  Guess the meaning of words from context
    •  What happens if you look up every word in a dictionary? 
    •  Reading speed slows down and comprehension suffers. 

Reflection:
For pair work, Read and Run activity might be necessary since students in the beginning of the semester are still shy with classmates. 
I will have observers .... for every single class from next week. I am feeling nervous. 

 I had several emails for asking questions about emails. 
I thought I was good at managing class tools and housekeeping, but with different mediation/technology, things get complicated. 


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