#LI-02-06 An Introduction to Teaching Vocabulary
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
Babcock EducationDescription
Boost your vocabulary teaching skills
On this course you will understand the fundamentals of teaching vocabulary. You will explore key research related to vocabulary teaching and learn vocabulary teaching strategies that you can apply in your own context.
You will develop as a teaching professional as you learn from not only experts in teaching vocabulary but also from your teaching peers. You should leave the course confident in your ability to help your student develop their vocabulary.
We understand that in the current climate you may not be able to undertake some of the activities that involve working with children. However, we are confident that the content of this course is still relevant and will support you to plan for future work.
What topics will you cover?
This course covers vocabulary teaching that will have an impact on pupils’ speaking, reading and writing.
Who will you learn with?
I work for Babcock Education nationally as the Lead English Adviser and KS2 Moderation Manager. Our English Advisory team is nationally recognised and we extensively publish resources for teachers.
I work for Babcock Education as an English Adviser, Reading Recovery TL & KS1 Moderator supporting teachers/TAs to develop their practice, including their work with children struggling with literacy.
I am an adviser with the Babcock Education English team, supporting schools and teachers with all aspects of primary (and KS3) English, and have co-written some of our popular publications.
Who developed the course?
Babcock Education, the largest integrated service provider for education improvement and specialist intervention services in the UK.
What Will I Learn?
- Explore some of the research focused on vocabulary teaching and the word gap
- Identify effective strategies for teaching vocabulary and apply them in your own context
- Discuss and reflect on the outcomes of the work you undertake in your context
- Reflect on the role and importance of metacognition in vocabulary teaching
Topics for this course
Getting started
Why do we need to teach vocabulary?
Get to know your educators!00:02:04
What is the issue with vocabulary?
What does the research say?00:05:05
An overview of the research
This course revolves around vocabulary teaching, which covers vocabulary teaching that affects students' ability to speak, read and write. It's a really comprehensive vocabulary course.
At the end of the course, I felt confident in my ability to help students develop their vocabulary. It was a really good course.
In the course, we can learn from vocabulary teaching experts, and we will become a professional teaching staff while learning with our own teaching colleagues. It was very rewarding.
In this course, I learned a lot about the basic principles of vocabulary teaching. Explore key research related to vocabulary teaching and learn vocabulary teaching strategies that can be applied in one's own context. Good course.
Requirements
- You will need to be able to access Google docs.
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Target Audience
- This course is for educators involved in teaching vocabulary. This includes teachers of all levels, school leaders, subject leaders for English, literacy coordinators, teaching assistants, librarians, early years practitioners, and those currently in teacher training.