Vocabulary
CRMEF
English department
2022
Content
• 1-Definition of vocabulary.
• 2-The importance of vocabulary
• 3-Knowing vocabulary
• 4- Approaches to teach vocabulary
What is vocabulary?
• Lexis“refers to all the words in a language, the
entire vocabulary of a language” (Barcroft,
• Sunderman, & Schmitt, 2011, p. 571).
• All the words of a language, including single
items and phrases or chunks of several words
which convey a particular meaning, the way
individual words do.
What is vocabulary?
• Penny Ur (2012) aptly stated, unlike grammar,
“lexical items . . . are an open set, constantly
being added to (and lost, as archaic words
gradually go out of use)” (p. 3).
Knowing vocabulary
• 1-“Vocabulary is the knowledge of words and
words meanings”
Linda Diamond and Linda Gutlohn (2006)
Knowing vocabulary
• "Vocabulary knowledge is knowledge; the
knowledge of a word not only implies a
definition, but also implies how that word fits
into the world." Steven Stahl (2005)
Teaching vocabulary
• Different approaches
• 1-Presentation,Practice,Production
• 2-Test,teach ,test
• 3-ECRIF model
• 4-Others
Teaching vocabulary
• Do you agree or disagree with these
statements? Discuss them in groups
• 1-Learning the meaning of any exical item is a
quick and simple process.
• 2-Teaching vocabulary consists of teaching a lot
of lexical items not the lexical system.
• 3- « When teaching new vocabulary ,we should
begin by teaching the new item in
context »(Nunan 1991)
Teaching vocabulary
• 4-It is critical in teaching vocabulary to teach
students to teach themselves.
(stenburgh,1987).
• 5- « In deciding how to teach a vocabulary
item,consider how you can get the meaning
across mot clearly and most quickly ».(Graves
and Rein 1988)
