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Vocabulary Learning Strategies |
| Get in pairs where one person in each pair knows a different language |
| Look at the illustrations and decide how to teach the vocabulary to your partner |
| You have 5 minutes to teach them the vocabulary |
| Now write down 3 strategies you used to learn the new vocabulary |
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If you are stuck for a language the vocabulary in German is: (a) das Radio, (b) die Pfeife, (c) der Regenschirm, (d) das Feurzeug, (e) die Vase, (f) der Hund, (g) die Blume, (h) der Wagen, (i) das Bett, (j) die Katze, (k) der Fernsehapparat. this is x = das ist x; whats that? = was ist das?
Vocabulary strategies
1 linking L2 sounds to sounds of the L1 word
2 looking at the meaning of part of the word
3 noting the structure of part
4 putting the word in a topic group
5 visualising the word in isolation
6 linking the word to a situation
7 creating a mental image of the word
8 associating a physical sensation with the word
9 associating the word with a keyword