The methods of teaching vocabulary in english classes

Extending childrens vocabulary beyond the textbook
Most of the textbooks for young learners start with words connected to the family, 
the house, the school. But children are getting more and more global in their 
interests through the Internet, television and video, and computer games. Their 

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worlds are much bigger, form much younger ages, than used to be the case. So 
difficulties in learning vocabulary can arise since the vocabulary is insufficiently 
connected to pupils real lives. To extend the vocabulary beyond the textbook, the 
teacher can give words which are thematically connected to the words given in the 
unit. Vocabulary learning around a topic could begin from the learners rather than 
from the book, by asking them directly what words they already know and what 
words they would like to learn about the topic. For example, the book has a unit on 
wild animals. The teacher could write wild animals on the board and ask learners 
what they already know and which words they would like to know. The words are 
then written on the blackboard and translated into the foreign language. 
Vocabulary learning strategies and young learners
·Teachers can show how to find clues to the meaning of a new word in a picture or 
in other words in the same sentence 
·Teachers can teach the sub-skills needed to make use of strategies. For example, 
to use a dictionary efficiently requires knowledge of alphabetical order and lots of 
practice with it. 
·When reading a story, teachers can explicitly encourage prediction of the 
meanings of new words 
·Children can be helped to prepare lists of words they want to learn form a lesson, 
can be shown ways of learning form lists and later can be put in pairs to test each 
other. 
·Children can be helped to reflect on their learning process through evaluating their 
achievements. For example, at the end of a lesson they can be asked how many 
new words they have learnt, and which words they need to learn more about. 
Through regular self-evaluation, children can come to understand more about what 
they are learning and how.