lunes, 15 de marzo de 2010
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Build Vocabulary in Action by experiencing a Chain Reaction
Abstract
Drilling to teach vocabulary to Prekindergarteners (4-5 years old) at Gimnasio Femenino in Bogotá, Colombia, was not sufficient to assure comprehension, meaning and further vocabulary usage and contextualization. This is why promoting vocabulary ability and turning our classroom into a task-based environment became our research goals. This project fostered input, storage, and retrieval (McCarthy, 1990), and progressively engaged students in playing with words to build sentences in context (Willis, 2001, p.129). We named this approach “Task Continuity Chain” based on Task Based Learning – Task-continuity – “chaining of activities” (Nunan, 1989, p.119). Through its systematic application, it was evident that most of the students improved their performances when supported by parents at home.
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