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Online Conference Connecting Teachers January 23rd, 2021  \n© Cambridge University Press  \n© Cambridge University Press  \nWhat do you think about teaching vocabulary?  \n• How important is it?  \n• How many times do you need to review new items?  \n• American or British vocabulary?  \n• Guessing from context?  \n• … etc.  \n© Cambridge University Press  \nVocabulary-teaching ideas  \nMostly to add to, rather than replace, what you are doing already  \n© Cambridge University Press  \nTip \\#1: Spend a lot of class time vocabulary teaching  \nBecause:  \n1. Sheer amount the students need to learn  \n2. They don’t usually just ‘pick it up’  \n© Cambridge University Press  \nAmount  \nResearch:  \n• You need to know about 3000 words at intermediate (B1) level  \n• 5000 words at advanced (B2)  \n• At least 8000 for academic studies  \n© Cambridge University Press  \nWhich means  \nTeaching a lot of vocabulary in lessons…  \n… and reviewing it  \n© Cambridge University Press  \nStudents don’t just ‘pick it up  \nLearning new vocabulary from extensive reading is slow  \n• How much do your students read?  \n• In their own language? In English?  \n© Cambridge University Press  \nTip \\#2: Review again and again  \nResearch indicates we need to encounter a word 6-16 times in order to remember it…… So recycle as many times as you can  \n© Cambridge University Press  \nUseful routines  \n• Remind students at the end of the lesson of vocabulary they learned earlier.  \n(Display on the screen)  \n• Start the next lesson by asking them to recall. 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