HOW TO TEACH AND LEARN ENGLISH VOCABULARY EFFECTIVELY  (MS LE HUYEN)

Introducing and practicing English vocabulary for children can be done in many different ways to create attraction and motivation for young children. It is also important for older students to memorize English vocabulary effectively and use the vocabulary as much as possible. Here are some methods to help children learn English vocabulary well so that teachers and parents refer to help improve children’s foreign language skills.

Teachers should encourage younger students to write down new words in a notebook. We will ask the children to write vocabulary on the back of each word and let them underline the main stress. Students can also translate words into phonetics or draw a picture to describe each word. At a higher level, teachers can ask students to make sentence for each word. There are over 100 games on LearnEnglish Kids and British Council English vocabulary learning apps that help children learn and practice new vocabulary through games like puzzles. Using flashcards is also a great way to introduce and practice vocabulary. Teacher or parents or children themselves can create their own flashcards using th flascard generator or try the flashcard set on LearnEnglish Kids. Making dialogue using new English words that your child has just learned. Buidling pairs or small groups and choose a new word they think is useful and want to remember. For children with lower levels, the teacher should build a dialogue to illustrate the meaning of the word on the board for the whole class to hear. For advanced children, dictionaries and pairs can be used to write dialogues they construct themselves and then act on them. If children enjoy making videos, the teacher can also film them as they do their conversations and then show the film to the whole class to revise the vocabulary in the next lessons.

The above are games and vocabulary applications that support children’s English learning with high efficiency. Hopefully, it will bring many benefits to children as well as those who are just starting to learn English.