Vocabulary

Question 1

Almost every reading lesson includes a stage where the teacher will assist students with (?)

Answer 1

Vocabulary

Question 2

Vocabulary refers to the (?) of words a student knows in the target language.

Answer 2

Number

Question 3

A students (?) vocabulary refers to all the words he/she has been taught.

Answer 3

Passive

Question 4

The key to building a students passive vocabulary is to get them to practice (?), (?), (?), and (?) a new word.

Answer 4

Hearing

Speaking

Seeing

Writing

Question 5

An active vocabulary encompasses all the words that a student can (?) draw on for use in language production. It refers to words that students can (?) “of the top of their heads”

Answer 5

Actively

Recall

Question 6

When learning a second language a student is bombarded with new words, but only the ones with which he/she has a (?) connection and a specific reason to use become part of their (?) vocabulary.

Answer 6

Personal

Active

Question 7

A group of words that have some common function or place in language, is known as a ?
I.e
A list of different types of fruit or animals, or

A list of irregular past verbs

Answer 7

Lexical Set

Question 8

The most effective way to present new (?) is to provide examples of the language in (?)

Answer 8

Vocabulary

Context

Question 9

True / False

The attitude of “let the student guess the meaning” from the context of the sentence, over “immediately look up the dictionary” , should be adopted in a English Vocabulary Lesson.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Students should be given the opportunity to (?) a words meaning before being (?) with its meaning.

Answer 10

Infer

Presented

Question 11

As with grammar rules and structures, it’s best to (?) (?) language from students at every opportunity.

Answer 11

Elicit target

Question 12

True / False

Translating a new word from English to the students L1, is helpful for them to connect the word in the students mind.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

You should continually draw students attention to (?), (?) and (?)

Answer 13

suffixes, prefixes and roots.

Question 14

By getting students into the habit of looking at words as (?), it allows them to better predict meaning.

Answer 14

Constructions

Question 15

When you discuss vocabulary, it is important to consider what it means to (?) a (?)

Answer 15

Know a word

Question 16

True or false

A good passive vocabulary test is to give students a list of words to memorize which they must recall on a test.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False:

When you allow students to engage with the target vocabulary thru each of the four skills, they have a very high chance of adding it to their passive vocabularies.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or false:

When vocabulary is given focus in a lesson, opportunities must exist for students to produce the language in a meaningful way. This requires greater creativity by the teacher than mere listen and repeat or lists of words to memories tasks.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or false:

To completely add a new word to their active vocabulary, a longer period of time should be spent practicing the word.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or False:

Vocabulary (or lexis) is often taught in lexical sets

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or False:

A lexical set is list of unrelated words

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Yes / no:

Could a list of different animals or fruit be considered a lexical set

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

Yes / No:

Could a list of irregular past verbs be considered a lexical set.

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

True or False:

Vocabulary is almost always taught as lexical sets:

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or false:

The most effective way to teach vocabulary is not to look up the meaning of a word straight away, but to guess its meaning from the context of the sentence.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or false:

When Vocabulary is presented on the board, students need to be shown the “part of speech”. The word “digging” for example could be used as a noun (gerund), a continuous verb or an adjective, depending on context.

Answer 26

True