How different students organize their vocabulary learning

1. I have (1) ….. It’s a (2) … with the letters of the alphabet, and I write the new words in (3) … times a week. I write (4) … first, then the (5) …, and a short sentence as an (6) …. I try to learn ten new words a day.
2. I have (7) …. I always have it with me. I try to fill one page a day. Sometimes I put (8) …, like fruit – all kinds of fruit, you know. Or colours, or clothes, or things and the shops where you buy them. I have some (9) …. Where I write irregular verbs, or a page for (10) …. I think prepositions are difficult, you know – on Sunday, in the morning, listen to a concert – but you say phone someone. In my language we say ‘phone to someone.’
3. I stick little (11) … all over my house! Sometimes I write what the thing is, er… On the mirror, I have mirror, on the door handle, I have door handle. Yeah, I know it’s funny. My friends think (12) …...But I like it. And sometimes I write (13) … from the last lesson, and I put the word on the … on the kitchen door and I see it every (14) …!
4. I write the new words on (15) … with the English on the one side and the Turkish on the other side. I write the English word (16) … so I know how to use it, and words it’s used with. Then in my (17) … I have the new words, and in the day, when I’m having a break or (18) …., I take out the new words, and if I remember them, they go into (19) ….. If I don’t remember them, they go into my left pocket again.
5. I am very lazy! I don’t do anything special at all! But I read a lot. I always have (20) … in my bag. There are a lot of simple books, you know! Stories in easy English, they have (21) … at the back and they explain some (22) …., but I just enjoy the story and I think I learn new words and I don’t know I learn new words, but I see a word (23) …, maybe seven times, and then I know it! And the stories are good!
6. I have (24) …, which is good for learning words in groups, you know, jobs, the names for all the things (25) … like er.. steering wheel, brake. But I don’t know how to (26) … the words.
7. I have (27) …, and after the lesson I record onto the tape (28) ….. that have the new words. Then when I am driving I can (29) … them.
8. I like to (30) … in my dictionary. Especially, I like to find (31) … for the same word, mmm.. act, actor, actress,, adjective active, adverb actively, noun action. That I think is very useful – see! Use, useful, useless. (32) …! And something else! I always (33) …. with my pencil next to the word I look up. Then, if I look up the same word again, I think ‘Ah, this word, (34) ….!’

Discussion.

Discuss the pluses and minuses of each method of vocabulary learning with your partner.

· What method do you think is the best? Why?

· What method would you like to try?

· Have you got your own techniques of learning new words? Share your experience with your groupmates.

Reading

Read the article that describes student life in Britain today. Before you read, talk with your groupmates about your student life. What questions would you have asked about student life if you were an interviewer?

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