YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITYof Romance and Germanic PhilologyPhilology Chair
TERM PAPER
THEME: Teaching Vocabulary at the Initial Stage of Instruction
STUDENT: Gayane Manukyan: Naira Avagyan
-2011
Plan
Introduction1. Teaching English as a foreign language
.1 Methods of foreign language teaching2. Teaching vocabulary at the initial stage of instruction
.1 Teaching English to children in an EFL setting
.2 Teaching vocabulary to children
.3 Textbook analysis
Introduction
paper discusses the methods of teaching EFL and English vocabulary to children. The paper comprises two chapters and analysis of the fourth form English textbook (Apresyan, Thovmasyan). In Chapter 1 I speak about the current and traditional methods of teaching English as a foreign language and give a brief description of each method.the first part of Chapter 2 I speak about the objectives of teaching English to children in a non-English environment, the role of motivation and the teacher factors. The second part of Chapter 2 presents a study of methods and techniques of teaching vocabulary at the initial stage of instruction. The issues discussed here are the choice of teaching materials, ways of presenting the new vocabulary, the development and extension of children s vocabulary, games and special activities as means of vocabulary acquisition and retention.Franklin has emphasized the role of methods in a foreign language acquisition: Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn . statement is particularly true in case of children as it is enjoyable participation in the language learning process and motivation that children need first of all. Motivation, curiosity, and holistic attitude to learning new things make language learning both easy and interesting for children. The importance of the initial stage of instruction lies in creating a positive attitude towards the language learning process.
"Children can learn almost anything if they are dancing, tasting, touching, seeing, and feeling information" (Dryden & Vos, 1997). are a great many of methods, techniques and approaches of teaching a foreign language, and more will be created to meet the demands of the globalized world where the importance of English cannot be underestimated. We should understand that any method is as good as its implementation, and the best language teacher is the one who gets good results no matter what methods he uses.
