Jumat, 12 Juli 2013

Definition of Vocabulary


A. DEFINITION OF VOCABULARY :
Vocabulary is the all the language and words either used or understood by a person or group of people.

B. THE IMPORTANCE OF VOCABULARY :
Vocabulary becomes so important for our life because of some reason such :
1.      Helps you understand other people. Building your vocabulary involves more than just memorizing lists of the kinds of words you had to know.
2.      Helps you understand what you read. Vocabulary not only aids you in understanding other people, it’s also essential in comprehending the books and articles you read. Words you’re unfamiliar with become little holes in the text, preventing you from reaching a complete understanding of what you’re reading.
3.      Assists you in becoming a more informed and involved citizen. Related to the two points above, the more you increase your vocabulary in general, and also specifically in areas like politics, geography, the military, and so on, the better able you become to understand news and currents events, and the more widely varied the conversations, discussions, and debates you can jump into.
4.      Boosts your powers of persuasion. It’s hard to get people interested in an idea – whether a tangible product, a business pitch, or a piece of philosophy — and convince them of it unless you 1) understand it inside and out yourself, and 2) can describe it to others in an engaging way (see the two points above). Repeating the same word over and over again (“I’ve got this cool idea.
5.      Helps you make a good impression on others. How articulate you are constitutes a big part of the impression you make on others. Based on how it is spelledthe vocabulary you use, people will make judgments about your socioeconomic background, education, occupation, and the stimulation and demands of your everyday life.

C.   WHAT MAKES VOCABULARY EASY OR DIFFICULT :
Vocabulary becomes easy,if:
1.    Know how to pronounced
2.    Know how it is inflected (i.e. how it changes if it is a verb, noun or adjective)
3.    Know other grammar information about it
4.    Know how it collocates (i.e. what other words are often used with it)
5.    Know how to use more on collocation
6.    If it has a particular style or register
7.    Know the context in which it is most likely to be used [ Types of Vocabulary ]

Vocabulary becomes difficult, if :
1.   If we don’t know the meaning of the word
2.   If we don’t know how to pronounced it
3.   The word has similiar meaning
4.   Never repeat and repeat the word you learn
5.   Never practised the word in your social life
6.   If we don’t know the word use
7. If we don't the word formation and word grammar

D. WHY DO WE FORGET THE WORDS
Some reasons that makes we forget the words, such as :
- Too many words to be remembered;
- Over confidence;
- Lack of attention;
- Lesser utility of the word;
- Being busy with other type of words .

E. SOME WAYS MEMORIZING VOCABULARY
  

There are a lot of good strategies for memorizing your vocabulary — learning the meaning of suffixes, prefixes, and roots of words, going through word lists and making flash cards for the words you don’t know, and signing up for a daily. Here’s how it works:
1.    Read. Reading is the single biggest thing you can do to increase your vocabulary (and of course it offers a whole host of other benefits as well).
2.      Listen. You can also pick up new words from the people you talk with and listen to. This is, after all, exactly how you learned words back when you were a toddler.
3.    Write down words you read and hear that you don’t know. Reading and listening are the ways you expose yourself to new words.
4.     Look up the word in a dictionary and write down its meaning in a vocabulary notebook. Whenever you hear or read a new word, you should always stop and try to figure out its meaning from the context in which it is given.
5.     Use the new word several times in conversation as soon as you can. This will really help sear the word into your mind.
6.   Never  stop learning. Education really never should end. Keep implementing more vocabulary words into your active vocabulary


 F.  WAYS TO PRESENT OR EXERCISES VOCABULARY :

1.      Realia : this word refers to the use of real objects in the classroom. These objects help to make the meaning of word clear
2.   Picture :may be the most useful “ aids” in language teaching, since they are used in different ways.There are: pictures, blackboard drawings, wall pictures, charts, photos from magazines. Those “aids” are used to explain the meaning of words or to create a situation and concept.
3.   Mime,gesture and action : this technique is useful for explanation of the actions and grammar items. Such concepts as: jumping, smoking or the words : “ from, on, to “ etc.
4.    Contrast : contrast usually shows the similarities and differences between persons ideas and things.
5.   Enumeration : this technique helps when any word is difficult to explain visually. We can say ‘clothes’ and explain this by enumerating or listing various items.
6.  Explanation : this is such a technique which is assigned to be utilised with upper-beginners,who already have some knowledge of English
7.     Synonym : this technique relies on explanation of meaning of new word by giving other word,which students know and understand.
8.   Antonym : in this technique teacher explains the meaning of new word,by giving its opposite, if students know the word meaning contrary feature e.g. Warm -is not cold.
9.     Definition : -is suitable method for upper-beginners and relies on giving the definition of given word.It can be simple,unnecesary precise and scientific definition,given by the teacher.
10.  Polish equivalent :-in this method the teacher gives the translation of given word in the national language.The translation is th equickest way of demonstrating the meaning of vocabulary items.

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