Knowing the meaning of words is essential if we want to be able to communicate in a language.
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Knowing the meaning of words is essential if we want to be able to communicate in a language.
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So what does it mean to know a word? Here are a few suggestions. a) understanding its basic meaning (denotation) and also any evaluative or associated meaning it has (connotation). For example cottage and hovel are both types of small houses.
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At a fundamental level, knowledge of a word is recognizing it in speech and writing. In other words, being able to identify its form. At a receptive level, this means knowing what the word sounds like and looks like. At a productive level, it means knowing how to pronounce and spell the word.
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It outlines the various dimensions of word knowledge, categorized into form, meaning, and use, supported by classroom research involving advanced-level students. The findings emphasize the importance of examining collocations and morphological patterns in enhancing vocabulary understanding.
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The aims of this chapter are to examine what could be known about a word, to evaluate the relative importance of the various kinds of knowledge, to see how they are related to each other, and to broadly suggest how learners might gain this knowledge.
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Lets look at how we typically talk about knowing words. The three most common ways (in Western culture at least) are probably: Is this everything that is relevant for digital tools that help with language learning?
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Although answers differ, there is general agreement that words taught and learned should be useful. But what does it mean “to know a word”? The continuum on which we can know a word has long been considered.
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There is doubt that learning a new word in English assumes understanding what the word actually means. And of course, you can implement a whole variety of strategies to get to the meaning of the word.
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Knowing a word means more than just knowing what object or concept it refers to. If we really know a word, we should be able to answer (consciously or unconsciously) a wide range of questions about it. Look at the questions below, adapted from a list provided by Paul Nation in his book Teaching and Learning Vocabulary (Nation 1990:31).
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There are several steps you can take to help you figure out the meaning of a word without a dictionary. Read the entire sentence. It can be very frustrating to have your reading interrupted by an unknown word. If you are in the middle of an exam or an assignment for school or work, it can also be very stressful.
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