How to Teach Vocabulary - Teacher Trainer reacts to a Vocabulary Lesson

Introducing the first video of our new 'Trainers React' series. In this video, CertTESOL trainer, Jennie Fung, highlights and explains the key parts of a vocabulary presentation conducted by fellow Teacher Trainer, Laura Wilkes. Teaching vocabulary is a must have skill for all TEFL/TESOL teachers and is a key component of any reputable training course. This vocabulary presentation was only one section of a larger language lesson.
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[@tesolpop]

I remember this lesson! :D This was fun to teach as we used a popular song for the listening stage that the students enjoyed. Thank you for the thoughtful commentary @Jennie, and thank you to the English for Asia team for including my lesson in this Teacher Trainer Reacts series. This is a great concept. I look forward to watching the next episode.

[@DedeSopyanAssauri]

May i know the song that u use at the lesson? Thanks

[@aknshab9874]

​@DedeSopyanAssauri it's the one that got away by Katy Perry

[@zackyAffandi]

Where i can watch this full video

[@trinhnguyenthitu3793]

What a great video! I can learn a lot from that. I can’t thank you enough

[@miladbagheri2213]

Fantastic! As a teacher, I will use the techniques a lot!

[@samsamia1630]

Excellent explanation, thanks alot for your efforts ❤

[@ramileseydabeyova532]

How beatiful methods of teaching❤

[@coraline4402]

Very fruitful ♥️♥️

[@zeenamajeed4579]

Great job

[@dunyasaadi2493]

Excellent

[@steventran6879]

Great

[@user-kz1ld9zn9r]

Awesome ❤

[@kimtuyen9]

Thanks a lot This video is really useful to me🥰

[@prabinfederal5475]

Where can I catch her teaching? It is so engaging

[@user-pn7fb7wi7d]

Mr Thiago ,would you mind dealing with questions answers interview,i mean teacher interview.Questions like,what is your teaching philosophy,tell me about yourself,why do you want to become a teacher.Where do you see yourself in ten years?And what if the jury tells you,what question would you like to ask us?Thanks a bundle!Waiting for a new video!

[@ahmedadamflowahmedadam1610]

😊😊😊😊

[@jordaniavidaldosanjos465]

What did you do after playing the song tonthe students?

[@fernandocortes1187]

3:10 repiten en voz alta

[@steverogers3959]

It’s interesting that when students are learning English as a foreign language the classes are immersive. The teacher only speaks English. Whereas when other languages are being taught to English background speakers, it’s often the norm for the teacher to instruct in both the target language as well as English. Why is this the case?

[@jabon-kun9517]

What is elicit?? please help me, I will teach English and I'm learning how to do it, but all these videos mention "elicit" and idk what that means 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@englishforasia]

Elicit is when you try to get the learner to say a word or a sentence.

[@jabon-kun9517]

@@englishforasia thank You 😭😭😭

[@user-sd3uq7tg2t]

I think it gonna be Katy Perry song in another life

[@Ibra4010]

I follow almost the same steps to teach new vocabulary, but the result wasn't satisfactory

[@EnglishwithJoe]

This is a very CELTA old fashioned explicit method of teaching vocab, which shouldn't be used in the classroom. Let them learn these words in context through the story or song that you plan to use anyway.

[@user-on7bf8ti3f]

Still effective even if it's old

[@ethandemo]

This is a terrible teaching demo. If the students knew the word promise already, it would be pointless to teach it. If they didn't know the word, it would be impossible to elicit something they don't know. How would you elicit something that's totally new to the students? A new word can only be taught rather than being extracted or elicited.

[@davidnolan8975]

In a typical classroom environment, there will be differing levels and some students may know the new word already. Eliciting the word from one student that may know the word allows them to practise pronouncing it whilst letting the other students hear it for the first time. These techniques can also be useful for reviewing vocabulary because we need to confirm that students have indeed remembered and can apply their previously learned content. It does seem that the students generally know the content from this video, but I'd argue it's not completely pointless

[@ethandemo]

@@davidnolan8975 pointless might be a strong word, but I still insist this method is time consuming and unpractical. Speaking for my own experience, as someone who’s been teaching English for over 15 years, a better way to teach vocab is to provide a context, a short sentence or a paragraph where target words can be easily understood or inferred. So it allows more time for students to practice and produce

[@marlikparsi7259]

teaching vocab sucks . teach them speaking a real conversation .