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[Review] Ways with Vocabularly Acquisition
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- 웬티레화
- Date
- 2012-09-06
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Topic : Ways with Vocabularly Acquisition
Speaker : Prof. Young-Kyoung Min (Korean)
Date : 12.08.25:
Review Writer: Yu Su-jin
Today's speaker is Korean, but she has lot of experience aborad. She got Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and now she is working as a faculty, University of Washington at Bothell. She talked about practical suggestions for English-as-a-Second-Language Students.
The English language is considered to have the largest vocabulary in the world. Educated native speakers of English are expected to know approximately 20,000 word families or 70,000 words. However, educated non-native speakers of English know less than one quarter of the native speakers’ vocabulary. ESL which is abbreviation of English as a Second Language students must increase their vocabulary knowledge in order to become successful in their academic educational environments. She recommended effective vocabulary learning strategies that ESL students can use to enhance their vocabulary acquisition and the learning of English. First thing is that the encoding dictionary can help ESL learners understand the fundamental connection between lexis and grammar. Moreover, another tip is that the English lexicon comprises two main strands: Anglo-Saxon and Greco-Latin, so learning the word parallels of Greek and Latin roots that share the same meaning is a very effective strategy for solid vocabulary development.
As a ESL student, I learned many things from her. I think that voca diary will really helpful to build up my vocabulary. Moreover, she handed out websites and book names that we can use to learn. It was really informative time with her. I hope that she deliver her speech about her research next year when she comes back from U.S.A.
Watch the photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/117593299426331932940/120805_ProfYoungKyungMin
