Chris from The Language House

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Learn to Teach Vocabulary in Under 5 Minutes

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Hey English Teachers!

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Teacher is too speed

— @TimbigabaTopista

Here's my method for teaching vocabulary at The Language House TEFL. This method can be used for all levels without ever using translation.

STEPS

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Thanks for the useful video. I am an ELT teacher but wanted a refresher for a vocabulary class specifically. Your instructions are clear and well-informed.

— @nadinees73

1. Elicit Your Word from Scratch

Pick one (or a combination) of these eliciting techniques to pull the meaning out: draw, mime, pictures, realia, synonym, antonym, hyponym, context, definition, and props. Eliciting is a skill! It might seem hard to get that meaning out without using translation, but with practice, you'll do great!

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Know i can speak English a lot of
Tanks ❤❤❤❤

— @MaseYale-n9v

2. Trail the Word Out

If the student doesn't know the word (but they understand the meaning) give them a few of the letters to jog their memory. If that doesn't work, board the word.

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Excellent - very clear. Thank you.

— @anonandon71

3. Board all Words in the Correct Part of Speech

This REALLY helps your students understand what you are trying to teach.

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How to become a teacher in English?

— @JeanClorcin

4. Drill (Choral) Your Word Multiple Times

Students need to hear you say the word and they repeat. Use this time to correct their pronunciation

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As a new teacher, I would appreciate you more if you had given a practical example, thanks

— @Justwaym

5. CCQ all Words 3 Times Each

CCQ stands for Concept Check Question. These are ways to truly see if your students have understood what you've taught. Use them! Never ask, 'Do you understand?'

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Supportive rhythm and practical cues invite participation at a comfortable pace Do you prefer slower examples or real-speed clips for beginners? Also, I also share brief practice sessions and would love your pointers to refine my approach.

— @LingoCrisp

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Can you actually model a lesson instead of talking about what we're supposed to do?

— @jackielarco7618

More User Perspectives

So glad I found this series! I am a native English speaker, and I want to teach it, and learn Arabic in the process. Thanks for all you do.

@SelfDeportedSouthernBelle

So how/when do you teach what the heck a noun or a verb or an adjective is?

@debralee3882

Great explanation as always Chris, thank you. How do you explain the meaning of more intangible verbs like "to happen" or "to wonder" when they can't yet understand the English definition? Thanks!

@bernzweig12

This is awesome! 👍

@alicialanguageacademy

I am a graphic designer; I can create thumbnails for you.

@subodh9-q5g

These are simple, yet amazing tips! Thank you, Chris.

@LadyFunk2010

Hi,what should I complet?

@MonaSilavi

Hi thanks a lot for your explanation,but please for each items bring example.
It would be more clear.
With all my respect.

@MonaSilavi

Hi Chris! I have just found your videos. The short story is that I signed up to be a helper at a free, volunteer run, English program hosted at a church. A few weeks later, I now have my own beginners classroom with 8 students all the way from South Korea to Mexico to Japan. I am literally learning as I go because I haven't even had the chance to go through the training yet. I am watching through the "How to Teach Beginners English" series and am excited to start using what I am learning. The problem I am stuck on is that the books feel too advanced and I don't know if I should keep going in them or stop and go to basics... but I don't even know what the basics are! I am in the US, my students goal is to speak conversational English and I lived out of the country growing up so I am struggling with all these grammatical terms myself. I hardly know what a perfect tense is. What is your advice? I know that that is a big question, but I will take anything at this point. Thank you!

@TrueBipytron

Thank you Chris.I really enjoyed watching your video 😊

@yamaalamzadeh1207

Thank you so much Chris you're a life saver

@akai-ryuu

Awesome content ! Keep it up 🙏👍👍

@achrafagermoune2417

Mr. Chris! Thank you so very much for all the videos! I'm taking a TEFL course in Egypt and thanks to your videos I have a solid idea about everything we're learning, which honestly makes me pretty good about myself for taking some time and studying your videos down to a T. Please keep posting because what you are doing is brilliant (just like you) to say the least.

@biniboii

Appreciate the detailed breakdown! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

@JanitaLochrico

Very nice chris thank you for all the good content

@SwordxOfxJustice

Another brilliant video - good tip on writing the word in its complete form and thanks for giving lots of examples of CCQs.

@caro1591

gold

@Pedro-bu8xd