THE TEACHING OF VOCABULARY: A PERSPECTIVE

http://doi.org/10.22216/jk.v1i2.2136


Alpino Susanto(1*)

(1) Universitas Putera Batam
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


The learning of Vocabulary is important part in foreign language learning. The meanings of new words are very frequently emphasized, whether in books or in verbal communication. Vocabulary is considered as the central in language teaching and is of paramount importance to a language learner. Vocabulary is a basic of one learns a foreign language. Few  research indicate that teaching vocabulary can be considered as problematic, as some teachers are not really sure about the best practice in the teaching and sometimes not really aware how to start forming an instructional emphasis on the vocabulary learning (Berne& Blachowicz, 2008). Through this article, the writer summarizes the related research that focus on the importance of vocabulary and explaining many techniques used by some English teachers and lecturer when teaching English, as well as writer’s personal view of the issues.


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perspective; teaching of vocabulary; vocabulary

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