7 Hal Penting dalam Mengajarkan Vocabulary

Setelah mengetahui beberapa teknik dalam mengajarkan vocabulary bahasa Inggris (baca: Teknik Pengajaran Vocabulary), sekarang pembelajaran kosakata bahasa Inggris beralih pada beberapa hal penting dalam mengajarkan vocabulary. Dalam mempelajari kosakata / vocabulary bahasa Inggris, setidaknya ada 7 hal penting yang harus kita ketahui. Hal ini diungkapkan Baker dan Westrup (2000: 37) tentang poin-poin penting dalam pengajaran vocabulary bahasa Inggris berikut ini:

1. When presenting new vocabulary, you must teach its meaning and pronunciation.
2. The precise meaning of new words, in specific contexts, is very important
3. The meaning of new words can be taught through pictures, mime, real objects as well as from a situation in context.
4. Teachers need to ask questions to check that students understand the meaning
5. Students need lots of varied practice of new vocabulary
6. Students need to revise new vocabulary regularly
7. Students need to record and store new vocabulary in a helpful way. Well-recorded new vocabulary can improve students' learning.

Nah, begitulah kira-kira 7 hal penting yang perlu kita ingat dalam mengajarkan vocabulary bahasa Inggris.

Referensi :

Baker, Joanna and Westrup, Heather. 2000. The English Language Teacher's Handbook. New York: VSO