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Teaching Vocabulary to Children at an Elementary Level
Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej w Warszawie
Wydział Filologiczny

Iwona Sokołowska
Numer albumu 29910

Pictures in Teaching Vocabulary to Children at Elementary Level of Lower Grades of Primary School

Praca licencjacka napisana pod kierunkiem dr Ewy Lewickiej - Mroczek

Warszawa 2011
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Abstract…………………………………………………………………………..……..4
Introduction……………………………………………………………………….……5
THEORETICAL PART……………………………………………………………….7
Chapter I Children as foreign language learners…………………………………….8
1.1. The importance of teaching foreign languages to children…………………………8
1.2 Characteristics of learners of lower grades of primary school………………..…....10
1.3 Students` motivation to learn a foreign language…………………………………..13
1.4 The role of the teacher ……………………………………………………………..15
Chapter II Teaching vocabulary to learners of lower grades of primary school....18
2.1 The importance of teaching vocabulary ……………………………………...……18
2.2 The receptive and productive aspects of vocabulary……………………………….20
2.3 Stages of teaching vocabulary ……………………….………………………….....22
2.3.1 Different ways of introducing new words…………………………………..……23
2.3.2 Practice techniques for lexis………………………………………..…………….24
2.3.3 Revising new vocabulary…………………………………………………...…….25
2.4 Problems associated with learning vocabulary……………………………………..26
Chapter III Teaching vocabulary through pictures to children ……………..……28
3.1 The importance of visualization…………………………………………………....28
3.2 Types of visual aids……………………………………………………………...…30
3.3 How to use pictures in the classroom………………………………………………31
3.4 Teaching vocabulary through pictures ………………………………………….....33
3.5 Advantages and disadvantages of using pictures in teaching vocabulary...…..……36
PRACTICAL PART…………………………………………………………………..38
Lead-in………………………………………………………………………………….39
Lesson plan 1 ……………………………………………………………………..……39
Comments………………………………………………………………………………41
Lesson plan 2

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