Monday, March 31, 2008

Vocabulary Development

Teaching English, How To….
Topic: Secondary English
Raymond Stopper
Summary of the Ideas in the Book

Below, I have listed the ideas in chronological order in my book, Teaching English How To…. I am interested in the reader’s responses to these ideas. In all there are 31 ideas about teaching English. I will publish one a day. Please respond, write the number of the item, select your choice and write your comments. Thank you. Here are your choices: (A) Completely agree. (B) Somewhat agree or disagree. (C) Completely disagree. (D) No opinion. Comment:

30. Vocabulary. Help students develop an extensive vocabulary by pre-teaching unfamiliar words before reading assignments. Students should learn roots, prefixes and suffixes and the many words related to them: egoist, egotist, ego, egocentric, alter ego, etc. Have students collect unfamiliar words that they meet in their reading and listening on 3 x 5 index cards, with the pronunciation and concise, one-, two-, or three-word meanings.

(A) Completely agree. (B) Somewhat agree or disagree. (C) Completely disagree. (D) No opinion. Comment:

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