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>> Okay so I would
like to know how many

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of you are currently TAs or AIs?

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Okay, so a good number of you.

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How many of you have
actually had training

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in how to teach vocabulary?

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[ Laughter ]

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I take it that means
a little bit.

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Well if so, what exactly were
your experiences in terms

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of being trained or just being
told how to teach vocabulary

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or maybe even, what you read
in the annotated edition

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of your first year textbook?

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What were the recommendations
on how to teach vocabulary?

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Anke?

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>> That you have to repeat
a vocabulary item

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like 16 times before,

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or the students repeat it 16
times before they actually

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internalize it.

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>> Okay, and by repeating
you mean see it recur, and?

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Okay so not repeated orally
16 times, not necessarily?

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>> Not necessarily.

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>> Okay. I just wanted
to clarify for everyone.

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Okay. Very good and were you
told how you could do this?

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>> Talk.

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>> Talk.

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[ Laughter ]

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>> Talk a lot, right?

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>> Mm hmm.

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>> Okay. Anyone else?

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Yes.

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>> Teach it in context, not just
hand them lists and then say "go

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and study", but as
an interactive,

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through communication
or with images.

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>> Okay. Very good.

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So teach it within a
context, right, or some type

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of visual input along
with the written word

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or aural input as well.

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Okay, good.

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Anyone else?

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Yes.

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>> Well, you can play games,

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which you like for instance
memorize what others said

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and you have to repeat it.

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>> Okay. Very good.

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>> Or bridge-building exercises
where you like connect your item

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with other thoughts
or other items.

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>> Right, absolutely.

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>> It was reading, but
not real training as such.

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So it was you know reading
for example Nation's book.

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>> Okay, that's pretty
extensive.

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>> It's very extensive.

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>> Explanation on.

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Right.

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>> Right. Sometimes a little
bit too much information.

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>> Exactly.

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Right.

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>> But as far as training,
it's been kind of scanty.

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>> Okay. All right.

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Good. Yes?

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>> And also, you can teach your
students vocabulary learning

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strategies from dictionary
use or some pneumonic devices

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to help them to become
independent learners.

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>> Okay, very good.

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Yes?

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>> I know our focus is on first
year, but for more advanced

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or even second semester
vocabulary I think for myself

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when I was learning and I
like to do with my students is

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to see what they already know
about that topic and to pull

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that out of them first before
introducing all the lists

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of words [inaudible].

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>> Right so that they can
build on prior knowledge.

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Right. And make connections

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within the context
they already have.

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Okay, very good.

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>> I know like I learned
from another teacher

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in the same school,
like how she did it

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which I thought was pretty cool
with pictures and PowerPoint

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and then another, just like
a 15, 20 minute training

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on like introducing vocab
through like a story

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that the teacher can
say, tell the students.

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>> Okay and was this at a
first year level as well?

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>> Yeah, first, second
year high school.

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>> Okay.