How to Teach Vocabulary (Week 1)

Collocation is "a combination of words in a language that happens very often and more frequently than would happen by chance".

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Antonym is "a word or expression that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the same language".

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Connotation is an idea suggested by a word in addition to its main meaning.

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Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings.

"Here, Miss!" and "I hear you!" 

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Homonyms are words that sound or are spelled the same but have different meanings.

"Bank" can mean a financial institution or the side of a river. 

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Homograph are words that sound or are spelled the same but have different meanings.

a word that is spelt like another word but has a different meaning from it, and may have a different pronunciation.

For example- bow /baʊ/, bow /bəʊ/.

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Polysemy is the fact of having only one meaning.

"She caught the ball" (to grab) vs. "He caught a cold" (to become ill) 

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Productive learning refers to the ability to understand spoken or written language without actively producing it.

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Generally, receptive learning is easier than productive learning.

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"Productive learning" in language teaching includes activities where students actively create and use language to communicate, like speaking and writing, rather than just passively receiving information.

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