Call and vocabulary teaching

Vocabulary:

• the whole system and structure of a language

• a sum or stock of words employed by a language

• the study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and modification of language

Computer assisted vocabulary learning

• CALL

• CAVT

• CAVL

• CAVLT

Example of vocabulary learning in a visual context

• Computerized dictionaries

• Flashcards

• Online translators

Developing vocabulary learning in an interlingual context

• It includes software and activities in which the meaning of foreign words is introduced or fixed by means of other words.

• It's the most natural way how to help learners with enriching their active vocabulary.

• This context is activated if foreign words are explained or fixed with the help of learners´ mother language.

It introduces the meaning/fixing the knowledge of new words through synonyms, antonyms, homonyms and homophones.

• Developing vocabulary in a visual context

• Developing vocabulary in semantic context

• Developing vocabulary in interlingual context