Sharpening up your vocabulary

Sharpening up your vocabulary

A Practical Guide for English as a Foreign Language Learner

It is divided into five chapters. The first one deals with the stylistic classification of vocabulary, so it integrates a conceptual outline of English vocabulary, the layers/norms: literal/cult (formal), neutral and colloquial (informal), and the neutral, common literal, and common colloquial vocabulary. The second one copes with some communicative functions and notions expressed in formal, neutral, informal layers. The third one is devoted to practice and progress devoted to the development of the four major skills mainly speaking. Hence it handles exercises, tongue twisters, proverbs, sayings, and phrasal verbs; it finishes with useful vocabulary at a restaurant. The fourth one achieves classroom management, and the fifth one compacts the special vocabulary related to cooking, Physical Education, Labor Education, Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, Special Education, Geography, Mathematics, and Common Colloquial Vocabulary.

  • Cover
  • Copyright page
  • Outline
  • About the author
  • Abstract
  • Chapter 1. Stylistic classification of vocabulary
    • 1.1. Conceptual outline of English vocabulary
    • 1.2. Layers/norms: literal/cult (formal), neutral and colloquial (informal)
    • 1.3. Neutral, Common Literal, and Common Colloquial Vocabulary
  • Chapter 2. Communicative functions and notions
    • Starting a conversation with a stranger
    • Introducing yourself
    • Asking how someone is
    • Saying how you are
    • Asking how someone feels after something happens
    • Saying you are pleased
    • Asking for someone´s opinion
    • Giving your opinion
    • Trying to change someone’s opinion
    • Asking if someone agrees
    • Agreeing
    • Disagreeing
    • Comparing
    • Suggesting
    • Asking about and giving personal information
    • Asking where a place is
    • Giving directions
    • Saying you are willing to do something
    • Saying you are not willing to do something
    • Asking if someone is interested
    • Saying you are interested
    • Saying you are not interested
    • Giving an example
    • Asking for information about travel
    • Advising someone to do something
    • Advising someone not to do something
    • Ending a conversation
    • Reminding
    • Asking about remembering
    • Saying you remember
    • Saying you have forgotten
    • Asking if something is correct
    • Saying something is correct
    • Saying something is not correct
    • Rejecting possibilities
    • Expressing criticism
    • Expressing imaginary situations
    • Stating a promise
    • Saying you are afraid
    • Giving something to someone
    • Asking where someone is from
    • Talking about possession
    • Introduce yourself for a job interview
  • Chapter 3. Practice and progress
    • 3.1. Read, write, and talk to your partner about
    • 3.2. Tongue twisters
    • 3.3. Proverbs, sayings, and phrasal verbs
    • 3.4. Useful vocabulary at a restaurant
  • Chapter 4. Classroom management
    • 4.1. Interviewing one of the students when s/he did poorly on tests
    • 4.2. Main features of the styles of learning Verbal linguistic
      • Logical-Mathematical
      • Musical
      • Visual-spatial
      • Bodily-kinesthetic
      • Interpersonal
      • Intrapersonal
      • Naturalist
    • 4.3. Summing up main features of the styles of learning
    • 4.4. Teacher’s checklist for testing students’ styles of learning
    • 4.5. Typical classroom questions
    • 4.6. Cooperative work versus group work Cooperative work Group work
      • 4.6.1. Cooperative learning tactics
    • 4.7. Classroom language
      • A common formula used when teaching
      • Working in group
      • Instruction to an activity
      • Working with books
      • Calling the attendance
    • 4.8. Motivating the students in class
    • 4.9. Handling discipline problem
  • Chapter 5. Special vocabulary
    • 5.1.Special vocabulary related to Cooking
    • 5.2. Special vocabulary related to Physical Education
    • 5.3. Special vocabulary related to Labor Education
    • 5.4. Special vocabulary related to Mechanics
    • 5.5. Special vocabulary related to Physics
    • 5.6. Special vocabulary related to Chemistry
    • 5.7. Special vocabulary related to Special Education
    • 5.8. Special vocabulary related to Geography
    • 5.9. Special vocabulary related to Mathematics
    • 5.10. Common Colloquial Vocabulary
  • References

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