Materials development Vocabulary

it is used to describe something that has been formed or used for a special and immediate purpose:

• Learning conditions

• ad hoc

• vocabulary activities

High frequency words are the essential basis of all language use and deserve a great deal of attention in language teaching materials.

• True

• False

Low frequency words give a much greater return in opportunities for use than high frequency words do

• True

• False

Noticing, retrieving and elaborating are...

• characteristics to memorize a list of vocabulary.

• steps when you are learning vocabulary

• psychological conditions that need to occur to enhance vocabulary learning.

Using a known word in contexts that the learner has not used it in before.

• Noticing

• Retrieving

• Elaborating

Paying attention to a word as a language feature.

• Noticing

• Retrieving

• Elaborating

It can be receptive or productive and involves recalling the meaning or part of the meaning of a form when the spoken or written form is met.

• Noticing

• Retrieving

• Elaborating

The relationship between the input and the output can have a less effect on vocabulary learning.

• True

• False

Research suggests that glosses at the side of the text, directly in line with where the glossed word occurs, are the most effective.

• True

• False

Extensive reading programmes involving graded readers can´t provide ideal conditions for vocabulary learning.

• True

• False