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How To Define A Word For Your Students: An Introduction To Lexicography For Classroom Teachers, Christopher W. Decker Jan 2001

How To Define A Word For Your Students: An Introduction To Lexicography For Classroom Teachers, Christopher W. Decker

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Classroom teachers are often required to define words for their students, yet few have any training in how to do so. With proper training, however, classroom teachers are able to provide their students with definitions superior to those in any dictionary because they are uniquely able to determine what information the student needs and how to convey it in a way that the student can understand. Without principles and techniques for defining words, however, teachers will find it difficult to select appropriate content for their definitions and present it in ways that are comprehensible and useful to their students.

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Teaching English Vocabulary From Latin Roots In The Esl Classroom, Barbara Ashley Goldhor Jan 1976

Teaching English Vocabulary From Latin Roots In The Esl Classroom, Barbara Ashley Goldhor

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The following material has been developed for classroom use with an advanced (400+ TOEFL) ESL class. The material is based on five Latin roots, nineteen prefixes, and several suffixes, resulting in seventy-seven derivatives. The primary goal of this project is not to teach these specific seventy-seven vocabulary items but to provide the student, through his work with these seventy-seven words, vocabulary acqusition and discernment skills.

The order of the exercises is based on the concept of moving from the known to the unknown. The definition exercise asks the student to compose a short definition based on his knowledge of Latin …


High Interest Readings For The Adult Beginning Esl Student, Judith Anne Zoebelein Jan 1976

High Interest Readings For The Adult Beginning Esl Student, Judith Anne Zoebelein

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Two_Word And Three Word-Verbs, Toshihiro Umehara Jan 1976

Two_Word And Three Word-Verbs, Toshihiro Umehara

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A Teacher's Guide To Accompany E.I.L. Foreign Language Textbooks, Guy R. Macmillin Jan 1972

A Teacher's Guide To Accompany E.I.L. Foreign Language Textbooks, Guy R. Macmillin

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Language Games, Cindy Chwang Jan 1972

Language Games, Cindy Chwang

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Predicting Pronunciation From Spelling: Applying The Insights Of Transformational Grammar To The Teaching Of English: Tense And Lax Vowels, Barbara Hancock Jan 1971

Predicting Pronunciation From Spelling: Applying The Insights Of Transformational Grammar To The Teaching Of English: Tense And Lax Vowels, Barbara Hancock

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