Extending vocabulary the fun way / Ho Chui Chui

Reading and listening are good ways to acquire a strong vocabulary. However, language teachers can and should play an important role in helping learners to increase their vocabulary store. Unfortunately, not enough emphasis is placed on vocabulary teaching in the language classroom nowadays. Many En...

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Main Author: Ho, Chui Chui
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Language:English
Published: UiTM Kedah 2003
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spelling uitm-118532016-11-02T00:23:50Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11853/ Extending vocabulary the fun way / Ho Chui Chui Ho, Chui Chui Study and teaching Reading and listening are good ways to acquire a strong vocabulary. However, language teachers can and should play an important role in helping learners to increase their vocabulary store. Unfortunately, not enough emphasis is placed on vocabulary teaching in the language classroom nowadays. Many English language practitioners seem to stress the importance of grammatical knowledge and view the acquisition of vocabulary as incidental. The author feels that the teaching and learning of both structure and lexis are equally important to achieve communicative efficiency. She shares some of her ideas on the use of language activities to build learners' word power in fun and meaningful ways. UiTM Kedah 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11853/1/AJ_HO%20CHUI%20CHUI%20WA%2003.pdf Ho, Chui Chui (2003) Extending vocabulary the fun way / Ho Chui Chui. Wahana Akademik, 2 (1). pp. 99-104. ISSN 1675-2414
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Ho, Chui Chui
Extending vocabulary the fun way / Ho Chui Chui
description Reading and listening are good ways to acquire a strong vocabulary. However, language teachers can and should play an important role in helping learners to increase their vocabulary store. Unfortunately, not enough emphasis is placed on vocabulary teaching in the language classroom nowadays. Many English language practitioners seem to stress the importance of grammatical knowledge and view the acquisition of vocabulary as incidental. The author feels that the teaching and learning of both structure and lexis are equally important to achieve communicative efficiency. She shares some of her ideas on the use of language activities to build learners' word power in fun and meaningful ways.
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title Extending vocabulary the fun way / Ho Chui Chui
title_short Extending vocabulary the fun way / Ho Chui Chui
title_full Extending vocabulary the fun way / Ho Chui Chui
title_fullStr Extending vocabulary the fun way / Ho Chui Chui
title_full_unstemmed Extending vocabulary the fun way / Ho Chui Chui
title_sort extending vocabulary the fun way / ho chui chui
publisher UiTM Kedah
publishDate 2003
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11853/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11853/1/AJ_HO%20CHUI%20CHUI%20WA%2003.pdf
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