My Blog: Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar

Vocabulary

According Steven Stahl (2005), vocabulary is the knowledge of words and word meanings. knowledge of words implies not only definitions but also implies how they fit into the world, so knowledge of words is not something that can be completely mastered; it is something that develops and deepens throughout life.

What the effective strategy for teaching vocabulary?

Put yourself in your students’ shoes
Make direct vocabulary instruction fun and engaging
Indirect vocabulary instruction is key
Create quality vocabulary practices
Vocabulary instruction can be engaging!

Techniques for Memorizing Vocabulary

If you come across a new word, compare it with another word from long-term memory to help you memorize
Understand the meaning of the word first in Bahasa
Focuses on holding words long enough in your memory
Using the newly learned words
Repeating new words at frequent periods of time
Use in daily life and sync the new words with pictures
Practicing vocabulary is closely related to applying vocabulary to real-life events.

Grammar

Teaching grammar effectively is about enabling young learners to control grammars to express increasingly complex ideas.

Why is teaching grammar important?

Because it is the language that makes it possible for us to effectively talk about language.
Because with this, knowing about grammar opens a window into the human mind and into our amazingly complex mental capacity of knowing and learning a specific language.
Because grammar also helps young learners understand what makes sentences and paragraphs clear and interesting, pleasant and precise.

The methods of teaching grammar