Introducing a new word

The children are supposed to acquire a language according to the principles of the Natural Approach

PICTURES	OBJECTS	Introducing a new word At this stage, the children understand the new words because they can either see the actual image of the word or understand it from the context. The children are supposed “to think” in the foreign language, not translate the word into their mother tongue.
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Memory game	Picture - word matching	Establishing a new word Remember that understanding the meaning of a new word is not the same as learning it. It takes time and purposeful use, to make a word one's own. Here are a few activities which might help the children to use the new word and slowly make it their own.
Pelmanism	Bingo
Repeat it if it's true	Drawing
Guess the objects

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VOCABULARY - THEORETICAL ASPECTS

Memory and written storage

Understanding how we store information in our memory and why certain chunks of it seem to 'stick' while others slip away, is obviously a matter of concern to anyone whose work involves helping others to learn. For language teachers this knowledge should help to establish classroom procedures that will promote more effective learning and retention of new language items.

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VOCABULARY - PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

As language teachers, our main concern is to ensure that what is taught will be permanently retained in the long term memory, so it is clearly a matter of some importance that classroom activities take account of these various theories, and strive to combat decay and interference, while developing and facilitating efficient retrieval systems.