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THE NATURE OF VOCABULARY LEARNING 360_F_310614824_2KKGs7jIboB9SV6iIHx…
THE NATURE OF VOCABULARY LEARNING
ENGLISH VOCABULARY
- More than 700.000 words
- An average of 2.500 words used every day by a native English speaker
- At least 20.000 known by every native English speaker
- 50 English words constitute a 45% of all texts written in English (CORE VOCABULARY)
- A new word enters the English language around every two hours
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The acquisition-distinction (Krashen,1984)
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
- Meaningful Interaction in the target language
- Error correction and explicit teaching of rules are not relevant
- It gives us fluency
- It is a subconscious process
- Natural Communication
- Speakers are concernes not with the form of their utterances but with the message they are conveying and understanding.
LANGUAGE LEARNING
- Error correction is maintained since it helps the learner come to the correct mental representation of the linguistic generalization
- It is a conscious process
- It gives us accuracy
- It is helped a great deal by error correction and the presentation of explicit rules
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MIND MAP ADVANTAGES
- Easier for our mind to recall and quick to review
- Are more compact than conventional notes
- They allow to add new informations easily
- They boost creativity, since they include symbols, coulours, images
- They present information clearly
KNOWING A WORD
- Recognize it in spoken and written form
- Know how to use it
- Relate it to an appropriate object or concept
- Use it with the correct grammar (countable, uncountable)
- If it is a verb knowing if it's transitive, intrasitive, irregular
- In speech, pronounce it in a recognisable way
- In writing, spell it correctly
- Use it with collocations
- Use it at the appropriate level of formality
- Know different CONNOTATIONS
Example of different connotations: curvy (nice), fat (not nice)
LEXICAL CHUNK: Merry Christmas, Good morning, Nice to see you
Collocations: as far as I know, Do you mind if , a cup of tea, a box of candies
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