How to Teach Vocabulary Like a Pro - Part 2: Eliciting Techniques

Welcome to video number 2 in the How to Teach Vocabulary series. In this video, we cover all of the techniques on how to elicit and present new vocabulary to ESL students - like a pro!
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Teaching English vocabulary, without using translation, is all about eliciting. This means pulling out the meaning of the word from your students. We cover: miming, pictures, drawing, realia, props, context, and all of the techniques to teach vocabulary like a pro.
After you elicit the vocabulary, make sure to board the word correctly, drill for pronunciation, and of course, CCQ.
I've got a video on CCQing here for you - • Teachers, Never Ask TH...
If you can master these eliciting techniques, you will be a force to reckon with in the classroom. Eliciting, and teaching lexis in general, takes practice. Don't be discouraged if you struggle with these concepts in the beginning.
So much of good eliciting is having a great teacher voice.
Check out the video on that here - • Good Teachers Have Gre...
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Timestamp
00:00 intro
01:41 eliciting intro
01:56 why elicit?
03:53 ten techniques
04:57 miming
05:43 pictures drawings
06:48 realia
07:24 props
07:53 synonyms antonyms
09:32 hyponyms
10:10 context definition
13:39 new words
15:21 pronunciation
16:27 recap
17:20 choose your technique
18:06 practice

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Hi Chris! Thank you very much for your videos. I find it really useful. I work with foreign pupils and we learn lots of new words. Our next topic is Extra curricular activities and school clubs. Do you have any ideas how to present the vocabulary for this topic? There are lots of words, verbs, adjectives and nouns (basketball club, art club, politics cloud, play a guitar, draw, take a picture, etc). What techniques to engage and involve them? Many thanks 😊

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Love this!! Can you direct me to a few of your videos that focus specifically on advanced high school students and pre-teaching vocabulary? Thanks!

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Regardless of level, these same techniques can be used. Just focus on the right elicit.

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This is super helpful, thank you very much. But here is the problem I face while eliciting. When I elicit a word I feel like students need to say alound the translation of the word as not all the students are able to understand the meaning. I can speak students' mother tongue so there is no problem for me now but in an alternate class I dont know how to make sure all students grab the meaning of the word. (Believe me I dont talk this much in class:D )

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Can you post a demo video of eliciting and trailing

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If you go back to some of my earlier content, you'll see some actual classes that were recorded. The vids are old, but it's all there.

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Hi Chris! Thank you so much for another A-maaazing video! ;P Jokes aside, here's a question: how do you effectively teach ESP to lower or mixed level students (sometimes even low-motivated ones)? I teach English in high school and sometimes it is really hard to get SS to really keep up with the topic and the language in itself. Do you have any tips and tricks I could use? Thank you

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You're welcome! Well, first you need to work on motivating the students that learning English is important and it will help them through their lives - if that's possible to do. Then, make sure your intros are really engaging - like dress up and play characters. I'm going to be doing a series on lower level students next!

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May I ask if this is a language class or just a class dealing with history?

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@@TheLanguageHouseTEFL In Italy, SS learn English grammar, vocab and functions for the first two years of high school, whereas in their last three years they're supposed to study some topics specific to their course of study (e.g. literature, mechanics and IT, business and marketing, etc.) in English. So, the aim there is to teach both content and language. In a class where most SS have a low level of English AND sometimes no motivation at all, that is a hard thing to do. Once, I had to teach A1 level SS about energy and electricity (content + vocab). I even brought realia with me - electrical wires, insulating gloves, you name it! - but still, some of them were unfazed. How do I spark their interest? Am I asking for magic here? XD Sorry for the long message, it's probably something that goes beyond a language class.

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I love how the eliciting can be fun and physical. Some people love learning words with words but for others (like me!) pictures or acting out words makes so much more sense. I think it will make it easier to remember the words too. Thanks for another informative, friendly and well explained lesson, Chris.

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What do you do when there are a few students who know all the answers and the others never figure anything out on their own?

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You tell the others to slow down a bit

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Tell the other people to wait with their answers and try to get the others involved

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[@IambiguousSegment]

This is hard to understand without examples of each form of elicitation being done in a classroom

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Give me an example of which technique is hard to understand. I’d be happy to explain more.

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@@TheLanguageHouseTEFL I think I need to just watch examples of the elicitation actually happening in a classroom - otherwise I don't fully understand it

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@@IambiguousSegment gotcha. I don’t do many demos these days and getting a camera in there can be tough. If you check out some early vids of classroom teaching, you should see me using the techniques with students.