Vocabulary Expansion

1. Learning Considerations:-

• Conceptual meaning boundaries—this means pointing out what lexis refers to and where the boundaries are set. For instance, related meaning of words should be separated (for example—mug, cup, or bowl).

• Homonymy—knowing the different meanings of one word such as files which can be used to define putting papers together or a tool.

• Polysemy—how to tell apart the various meanings of a single word such as the word head which could mean the head of a pin; the head of a person; or the head of a group.

• Synonymy—telling apart the different shades of meaning in synonyms such as extend, expand or increase.

• Homophyny—knowing the meaning of words that sound similar such as flour and flower.

• Translation—knowing the similarities and varieties between foreign and native languages.

• Chunks of language—such as idiomatic expressions, lexical phrases, or collocations.

• Grammar of vocabulary—learning the principles behind building words out of a single word such as play, played, and playing.

• Pronunciation of foreign words—the ability to recognize and to reproduce the items while speaking.

Learning -> Guided Discovery -> Examples or Asking questions -> Meaning -> Understanding -> Semantic Processing -> Language Retention -> Fluency।

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