Matery Vocab 3D1

The objective/goal of VOCABULARY learning:

1.      To enlarge/improve students’ vocabulary mastery.

2.      To enable students to use the vocabularies they already mastered in the form of sentences/expressions. (ultimate goal)

There are 2 kinds of vocabulary:

1.      Receptive vocabulary---à used in listening and reading.

2.      Expressive/productive vocabulary---àused in speaking and writing

Syllabus of VOCABULARY learning :

1.      Review of the English parts of speech.

-          Types of words :

-          NOUN – real and abstract

Student, flag, boat, fruit, hall, pen

Love, feeling, responsibility, courage/bravery, jealousy, weakness

Ex: responsible

The headmaster is responsible for this problem.

My girl friend left me intentionally (on purpose).

-          ADJ.  : wide, strong, marvelous, amaze, salty, watery

-          VERB :

Trans : buy, send, read, bring, drink, eat

Intrans : run, walk, swim, sleep, go, appear, jump,

-          PRON :

I à meà my à mineàmyself

You -à youà your -àyoursàyourself/yourselves.

It à it-àits---itself

-          ADV. : calmly, beautifully, carefully, quickly, late, hard,

-          PREP. : in, on, at, into, out of, above, below, beside

-          CONJ. : and, or, but, either, both..of.

2.      Derivation-----à English morphemes

To produce (v)----- -production (n) --- productive (adj)---- productivity (n)-----productively (adv)------ producer (n)----product (n)

3.      Morpheme : 1. Free morpheme : child, easy, quick, wide, beer

Bound morpheme : -ity, -tion, -sion, -ive, -al, etc.

Prefix, infix, suffix,

ENGLISH SUFFIXES

-          tion, -sion, -ure, -ment, -ce/-ance, -ess,-th, -al (used to form NOUNS)

-          to generate (v)------generation (n)

-          to educate (v)------education (n)

-          to omit (v)------omission (n)

-          decide (v)----- decision (n)

-          to depart (v)---- departure (n)

-          to press(v)----pressure (n)

-          to govern (v)----- government (n)

-          to punish( v)-----punishment (n)

-          to serve (v)---- service (n)

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-          to perform (v) -----performance (n)

-          to admit (v)-----admittance (n)

-          to proceed (v) ----- process (n)

-          to exceed (v) ----- excess (n)

-          to die (v) ---- death (n)

-          to grow (v)----growth (n)

-          to arrive (v) ----- arrival (n)

-          to survive (v)----survival (n)

Weep/moan, conceal, commence, capture

Cry, hide, begin/start, catch

To receive (v)