Innovative Techniques of Teaching Vocabulary at the Intermediate Level in the Second Language Classroom Prashant Subhash Mothe

Conclusion

The present paper explored various techniques and methods of teaching new vocabulary. Teacher must make use of such techniques while teaching of vocabulary. It also focused on expansion of vocabulary. Corder (1973:223) rightly observes, ‘The more words one knows, the easier it is to ‘learn’ new words, because one has more associative link available’.
There is no sure fire remedy or method to enhance vocabulary in a day or two. A student's vocabulary bank can be enriched on a gradual basis and one should always show keen interest and enthusiasm in finding, learning and understanding new words. Teaching vocabulary through incidental, intentional, and independent approaches requires teachers to plan a wide variety of activities and exercises. Richards said
“When vocabulary words are being taught to pupils, teachers need to consider how to teach these words to pupils based on the levels of ages, educational background and field of interest. The teacher also ought to recognize such sociolinguistic variables in which the words will be used” (p. 73).
Nathaniel Hawthorne observes the power of words as,“ Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them”