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Vocabulary in Language Teaching Norbert Schmitt University of Nottingham (Introduction)             Vocabulary is the first key when we want learn about language, because if we know the vocabulary so we know what the text talking about. Rather, our knowledge of individual words grows over time, both in our ability to use them receptively and productively and in the different kinds of word knowledge we come to master. With the background knowledge from this chapter in hand, we should be ready to explore the fascinating world of how vocabulary is learned and used. But first we start by considering how people have viewed vocabulary over the ages, and how this has led to our current thinking in the field.             Reports of the size of the English language in the popular press have a very wide range: from 400,000 to 600,000 words (Claiborne, 1983, p. 5), from a ha...

13  Using Pictures in Teaching     Vocabulary in Grades 5 and 6     Classrooms Ibraheem Saeed Al-Ja’afari Sharqiya South Region             The teaching of foreign language vocabulary has been the subject of much discussion in recent years and a number of research and methodology books have on this topic (e.g. Nation, 2001; Schmitt, 2000; see also the recent review in Schmitt, 2008).              Using pictures is one of the teaching aids that teachers depend on in their teaching. In my experience, English teachers tend to feel that using pictures in teaching new words makes the process enjoyable and memorable. They also feel that pictures attract pupils’ attention and deepen their understanding of vocabulary. Pictures can also help learners with abstract words, as associating the words with a concrete object makes these wor...