Teaching vocabulary to learners of English

Abstract

Vocabulary is a vital part of language teaching. New words have to be introduced in such a way as to capture the students’ attention and place the words in their memories. Students need to be aware of techniques for memorizing large amounts of new vocabulary in order to progress in their language learning. Vocabulary learning can often be seen as a laborious process of memorizing lists of unrelated items, however, there are many other much more successful ways to learn and teach vocabulary. This paper is an attempt to study and explore the various methodologies that can be incorporated in the teaching of vocabulary items in a language classroom.