How To Teach Vocabulary Like a Pro - Part 1: Your Approach

Teaching vocabulary (lexis) is one of the most important skills for an English teacher to master. Without new vocabulary, new language students will not improve and grow in their English skills.
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What should English teachers (ESL teachers) consider when teaching vocabulary? How many words to teach your ESL students? What specific words do you teach?
All of these questions are answered in this first video in my How to Teach Vocabulary video series.
My name is Chris Westergaard and I'm the director of The Language House TEFL in Prague - www.thelanguagehouse.net
I train new English teachers every single month on our 4-week TEFL certification course in Prague.
The main concepts we cover in this vocab video are:
Focus on usage
How many words to teach = 10-15 words per lesson
Appropriateness of your words
Passive vs Active vocab
Denotation vs Connotation
Parts of speech and morphology
Collocations
Check out video #2 in the series. It's all about eliciting and teaching language without using translation - • How to Teach Vocabular...
Thanks for watching and please leave a comment with your thoughts!
Timestamp
00:00 intro
01:06 4 systems
01:49 focus on usage
02:34 active vs passive
03:43: appropriateness
05:33 denotation connotation
07:41 parts of speech
08:06 morphology
08:87 collocations
09:44 the main goal

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  • @Jansay34
    @Jansay342 жыл бұрын

    These videos are AMAZING and can work for any foreign language teaching. Wish you all the best, keep 'em coming! ^^

  • @shmadsta
    @shmadsta2 жыл бұрын

    You have the best teacher training videos! This is very helpful, thank you!

  • @alemilano5576
    @alemilano5576 Жыл бұрын

    There are not many free courses and tips on how to teach and I believe you did a great job! Thank you so much

  • @elahekhooryani4270
    @elahekhooryani42702 жыл бұрын

    You are a lifesaver! Thank you so much. Keep up the good word.

  • @marwa5027
    @marwa5027 Жыл бұрын

    Love your energy. Thanks for the video.

  • @MrsOMG
    @MrsOMG2 жыл бұрын

    It feels so good just to see that a new video has come out! And there's going to be more and more!

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes 🙌 hopefully a lot more!

  • @mandycastle9042
    @mandycastle90422 жыл бұрын

    Another great video filled with tons of golden nuggets. Thank you Chris for taking something daunting and breaking it down so simply. Your videos have been so helpful.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome 😇 thanks for watching 🙏

  • @qualityenglishbyeslinstruc2501
    @qualityenglishbyeslinstruc2501 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Chris, been watching all your tips and techniques. My favorite video, not relevant to this video, is about how to teach grammar; the way to elicit, to create lead-ins, contextualization and so forth. I have been using the tips in my classes right after watching the video.

  • @Raffia84
    @Raffia842 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video, you have explained everything so comprehensively.

  • @ameliaruehlen9147
    @ameliaruehlen91472 жыл бұрын

    You're a lifesaver! Thank you...

  • @baderammory7086
    @baderammory70862 жыл бұрын

    You have always been my role model, Chris! Thank you for sharing these wonderful insights!

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Stick around a few days there’s going to be a new video coming out.

  • @deepwishes5849

    @deepwishes5849

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bader Ammory he is a role model for me too

  • @ameliaruehlen9147
    @ameliaruehlen91472 жыл бұрын

    P.S. In the defense of your "Rain" example, I am a poet and argue that rain can indeed be aggressive or thick .. this is tongue and cheek of course! Cheers!

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are correct!

  • @kennyjonespiquero7791
    @kennyjonespiquero77912 жыл бұрын

    Very nice. Thanks Chris!

  • @genevievebayabos8827
    @genevievebayabos88273 ай бұрын

    Good day Chris! I'm Gen from the Philippines. I would like to thank you for all the useful videos you made. I downloaded five and will download more, hahaha. I will watch them everyday until I master all your tips. Daghang salamat Chris.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks 🙏 I hope to make more for you.

  • @ivanadragna9551
    @ivanadragna9551 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Very useful 🙂

  • @tammy6253
    @tammy62532 жыл бұрын

    I should watch all the videos we have here because I will work as a teacher next year 💜💜💜 thank you.

  • @yhanieez7887
    @yhanieez7887 Жыл бұрын

    Great lesson. Your video made my english improve. because you explain is clearly

  • @shahendaelshreef5737
    @shahendaelshreef5737Ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @Andy-cc4qy
    @Andy-cc4qy Жыл бұрын

    Chris is such a brilliant educator so he really deserves that we all pool some money to buy him a comb and hair setting gel

  • @ladykblossom3587
    @ladykblossom3587 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Sir. This was really helpful

  • @tammy6253
    @tammy62532 жыл бұрын

    Thank You that's useful. 💞

  • @Pep1nu
    @Pep1nuАй бұрын

    Tomorrow I'll be going to my first class . I hope one day I'll be able to teach like u 🥲

  • @user-sr5ii5zr2l
    @user-sr5ii5zr2l5 ай бұрын

    You a natural, I learned a lot and can't wait to pack my bags 👍🏿

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    5 ай бұрын

    I appreciate that

  • @nhatan2511
    @nhatan2511 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @SleepyAizawa69
    @SleepyAizawa69 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks alot teacher of teachers 😊

  • @gunayquliyeva347
    @gunayquliyeva3472 жыл бұрын

    Helpul tips for teaching vocabulary. Thanks a lot, teacher Chris✨

  • @mehmet.albyrk

    @mehmet.albyrk

    2 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @shathaidrees8206
    @shathaidrees82062 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for these videos! Part 2 hasn't come out yet?

  • @hassanassiduous9194
    @hassanassiduous91942 жыл бұрын

    Great bro

  • @deepwishes5849
    @deepwishes58492 жыл бұрын

    you are the best go on

  • @user-nq9yq3iq4f
    @user-nq9yq3iq4f6 ай бұрын

    Thanks 😊😊😊

  • @deepwishes5849
    @deepwishes58492 жыл бұрын

    I need you to show us how to teach the four english skills using the communicative approach, please

  • @elkhankhamzin9346
    @elkhankhamzin93462 жыл бұрын

    thank you, Chris. if i am lucky I'll get your school

  • @honeybeejourney
    @honeybeejourney Жыл бұрын

    Wait a minute. "When do we don't use it?" Is that correct? Oh, Mr. Chris- wouldn't it be, "When do we not use it?"

  • @user-wp1oh8wp4w
    @user-wp1oh8wp4w2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome! Thanks for watching

  • @elenad815
    @elenad81510 ай бұрын

    All suggestions are very much appreciated. Greetings from Ukraine, from a novice teacher 💙💛.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words!

  • @vikiillesh8436
    @vikiillesh8436 Жыл бұрын

    Why so little likes and views?? Its a really useful thing to know!

  • @pablojosemorenoruiz9498
    @pablojosemorenoruiz94982 жыл бұрын

    Greetigs from Peru..!

  • @hatemhalal2615
    @hatemhalal2615 Жыл бұрын

    Great job.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @TonyKeepingItClean
    @TonyKeepingItClean10 ай бұрын

    Very enjoyable. Thank you.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you too!

  • @alleras46
    @alleras462 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I've been teaching for a while and never considered some of the points mentioned here! I don't teach collocations enough so I'll definitely be using them more with my intermediate students from now on.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great!

  • @INGLESCONERAZO
    @INGLESCONERAZO Жыл бұрын

    ur the friking bestttt

  • @hamdibenrjab2019
    @hamdibenrjab2019 Жыл бұрын

    Hi teacher.i would like to know how i Can explain to my students words like( free or freedom or helpless ) i mean briefly abstract nouns taking into account they are first year learners at the age of 10 till 12

  • @user-og4nl3hk3r
    @user-og4nl3hk3r8 ай бұрын

    Good tutoring

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    7 ай бұрын

    Glad you think so!

  • @zahrakarami5792
    @zahrakarami57928 ай бұрын

    Hi. Good day. I have a question. I have a course and I have to teach vocabulary in just CLT method. Do you have any suggestions for me?

  • @vs-dm4iz
    @vs-dm4iz Жыл бұрын

    Man you are a life saver

  • @allisonp3101
    @allisonp3101 Жыл бұрын

    Thank God, I almost got laid off. You saved my life

  • @debasishchakraborty6620
    @debasishchakraborty66202 жыл бұрын

    I'm a college student from India. 2nd year of graduation ( Bachelor's degree). I'm thiking of starting to teach English language through KZread, practically due to some financial reasons. But I need to boost up my knowledge, to some extent. Can you guide me, about how to prepare myself? Sir, I earnestly request for a good guidance from you. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

  • @mrs.st.3464
    @mrs.st.34642 жыл бұрын

    please link the other videos for vocabulary teaching, can't find them.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    The new video is coming out next week

  • @MsJuliaPanina
    @MsJuliaPanina2 жыл бұрын

    Your sound has become much better 👍

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I’m working on it. A lot of the older videos are going to get deleted. As I have made more videos, I’ve learned a lot.

  • @MsJuliaPanina

    @MsJuliaPanina

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheLanguageHouseTEFL thank you! Looking forward to your new videos!!! What you share is always of good use 👍

  • @emymohamed8094
    @emymohamed8094 Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @ninaderyabina1432
    @ninaderyabina14329 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the video :) I am going to try out making scenarios for upcoming classes: I want to check if my students can learn the words better in such a way :) and I also want to try making scenarios for my own French language journey

  • @Dobroslavdiner
    @Dobroslavdiner2 жыл бұрын

    Now I'll always remember the word 'cutthroat'. Thanks!

  • @Dobroslavdiner

    @Dobroslavdiner

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure about 'verklempt', though. :)

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome 😇

  • @rstack9324
    @rstack93242 жыл бұрын

    Don't overlook the value of an appropriate corpus for guidance about frequency. The words that *you* as a teacher use all the time aren't necessarily that frequent in the wild.

  • @emmanueludofia1425
    @emmanueludofia14252 жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised the video is black out for me .

  • @emmanueludofia1425

    @emmanueludofia1425

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry I can’t see now I guess my network

  • @IMSEnglish
    @IMSEnglish2 жыл бұрын

    I am waiting for u to use these methods in ur classes

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    I normally just do training teachers these days, but I’ll video a demo lesson with students when I can. I do have a video on teaching a beginner class where you can see a lot of eliciting taking place.

  • @IMSEnglish

    @IMSEnglish

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds good

  • @IMSEnglish

    @IMSEnglish

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can't stop waiting

  • @pilotactor777
    @pilotactor7772 жыл бұрын

    Rain can be oppressive........even sat through a hurricane.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    Heat usually collocates with oppressive. We can, of course, especially poetically, use any kind of description for any word, but it’s best to stick with the basics and the most commonly used expressions when teaching.

  • @pilotactor777
    @pilotactor7772 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm. Couldn't find the next 3vids

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    The second video is ready and up. Check my most recent upload :)

  • @user-md7yc5bf6d
    @user-md7yc5bf6d2 жыл бұрын

    6:47 - WHAT?

  • @Vallysinger

    @Vallysinger

    2 жыл бұрын

    think about your words before you teach them

  • @volontedavenhill9682
    @volontedavenhill9682 Жыл бұрын

    "my grandmother is very cutthroat with her cooking :)."

  • @asifmuniruniverse7732
    @asifmuniruniverse7732 Жыл бұрын

    It's like stock market place not teachers place

  • @eviepayfamily3509
    @eviepayfamily35092 жыл бұрын

    I want can speak English

  • @parrycross8099
    @parrycross8099 Жыл бұрын

    So much fascinating information about an overpriced Japanese car.

  • @elenad815
    @elenad81510 ай бұрын

    The most common mistake of russian and Ukrainian speaking learners is saying" strong rain", the direct translation from our languages.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    10 ай бұрын

    Yep, that’s why direct translation is not always useful. Always better to try and immerse your students in the target language

  • @nadiyatalicska655
    @nadiyatalicska6552 жыл бұрын

    🄿🅁🄾🄼🄾🅂🄼 🎊

  • @briangunn21
    @briangunn21 Жыл бұрын

    Is that haircut intentional?

  • @rimesherif5775
    @rimesherif57756 ай бұрын

    The video is useful, thank you but please Refrain from saying how to be like a God or Godess, it's disrespectful and wrong. There is only one God, and he is beyond our imagination. He is not a human being.

  • @user-tc5ew5hy6f
    @user-tc5ew5hy6f8 ай бұрын

    Sorry, but I am so tired of the constant flow of speech...

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    8 ай бұрын

    Sorry you didn’t like the video. Maybe you’ll like some of my newer ones more

  • @user-tc5ew5hy6f

    @user-tc5ew5hy6f

    8 ай бұрын

    @@TheLanguageHouseTEFL thank you! I'll watch🤗

  • @safae4030
    @safae4030 Жыл бұрын

    You talk toooooo much man

  • @user-oy6wq3cv6r
    @user-oy6wq3cv6r9 ай бұрын

    not helpful