Teaching_vocabulary_through_communicative_activity

A long period of time grammar was viewed as the main task in second language teaching. Mastery of grammatical structures was the main goal in second language acquisition. The Grammar--Translation Method dominated second language teaching. On the contrary, vocabulary teaching and acquisition were of relatively minor importance. Vocabulary development was approached as some kind of auxiliary activity and, often through memorizing decontextualised word lists. The relatively minor importance attached to lexical knowledge and context was visible in the scant attention paid to it by second language researchers and teachers in the last decade.

CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
3
1 THE THEORY OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE
TEACHING. VOCABULARY TEACHING AND LEARNING
5
1.1 A Brief Introduction of CLT 5
1.2 Vocabulary Knowledge. The Importance of Vocabulary Teaching 7
2. GENERAL WAYS OF TEACHING VOCABULARY 12
2.1 Vocabulary notebooks. Presenting Vocabulary. 12
2.2 Presenting Vocabulary through Activities 16
CONCLUSION 21
BIBLIOGRAPHY 22