Open the 'Click here' link (below) in a new window and read the third part of the article ('RECORDING AND STORING LEXIS'). Then answer the questions below. (Use the correct word form and only one word for fill-in-the-blank questions.)
Source: The English Language Garden by Johanna Stirling (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.)
(Recording and Storing Lexis - Format) According to the author, the greatest advantage of learners recording new vocabulary in a notebook is:
it is small
it is large
it is easy to carry
new words can be added easily
(Recording and Storing Lexis - Format) Which TWO of the following are NOT listed as good methods of storing new vocabulary?
(Recording and Storing Lexis - Which lexical items to include) Teachers need to help learners decide for themselves what vocabulary is ___________ for them to learn.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - Which lexical items to include) Learners should also be taught to record _________ of language, such as collocations and high frequency expressions rather than single words.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Translation) Although recording direct translations of new vocabulary may be appropriate, it is very important that students be aware of the differences in __________ and of use.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Definition) Writing definitions in the language that one is learning, rather than in one's own language, provides learners communicative practice and allows them to note __________ in the meanings.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Definition) Students at the __________ level (and above) should record meanings of new vocabulary in their target language.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Collocation) In order to use newly learned items naturally, learners can _________ collocations and use diagrams and semantic maps to show how words are related.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Example sentences) Writing an example sentence for each newly learned item can help learners engage in processing that is __________. These sentences must be accurate and checked regulary if students write them themselves.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Word's family) It is useful if other members of a word's __________ (other parts of speech) are recorded by learners to facilitate better learning.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Pictures) Words may be remembered better with pictures, especially if learners have to decide how to _________ its meaning.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Register, connotation, style) The __________ of a new word can be noted down, even for students at low levels.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Pronunciation) Although it is ideal to encourage learning of phonemic transcription, if this is not possible, learners should at least note where the primary __________ of the word is, and which letters are silent.
(Recording and Storing Lexis - What information to include about each lexical item - Pronunciation) Although it would be difficult for learners to include all of the features mentioned above in a vocabulary notebook for every new word they learn, information can be _________ later.