Appendix M: Schmitt’s Taxonomy of Vocabulary Learning Strategy
Strategies for the discovery of a new word’s meaning
DET Analyze part of speechDET Analyze affixes and roots DET Check for L1 cognate
DET Analyze any available pictures or gestures DET Guess from textual context
DET Bilingual dictionary DET Monolingual dictionary DET Word lists
DET Flash cards
SOC Ask teacher for an L1 translation
SOC Ask teacher for paraphrase or synonym of new word SOC Ask teacher for a sentence including the new word SOC Ask classmates for meaning
SOC Discover new meaning through group work activity
Strategies for consolidating a word once it has been encountered
SOC Study and practice meaning in a groupSOC Teacher checks students’ flash cards or word lists for accuracy SOC Interact with native speakers
MEM Study word with a pictorial representation of its meaning MEM Image word’s meaning
MEM Connect word to a personal experience MEM Associate the word with its coordinates
MEM Connect the word to its synonyms and antonyms
Strategies for the discovery of a new word’s meaning
MEM Use semantic mapsMEM Use ‘scales’ for gradable adjectives MEM Peg Method
MEM Loci Method
MEM Group words together to study them MEM Group words together spatially on a page MEM Use new words in sentences
MEM Group words together within a storyline MEM Study the spelling of a word
MEM Study the sound of a word
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MEM Say new word aloud when studying MEM Image word form
MEM Underline initial letter of the word MEM Configuration
MEM Use Keyword Method
MEM Affixes and roots (remembering) MEM Part of speech (remembering) MEM Paraphrase the word’s meaning MEM Use cognates in study
MEM Learn the words of an idiom together MEM Use physical action when learning a word MEM Use semantic feature grids
COG Verbal repetition COG Written repetition COG Word lists
COG Flash cards COG Take notes in class
COG Use the vocabulary section in your textbook COG Listen to tape of word lists
COG Put English labels on physical objects COG Keep a vocabulary notebook
MET Use English-language media (songs, movies, newscasts, etc) MET Testing oneself with word tests
MET Use spaced word practice MET Skip or pass new word
MET Continue to study word over time
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Appendix N: 1000-word List Stipulated by MOE (2003)
The underlined words mean the ones that can be explained by sound symbolism.
A— a(an), a few, a little, a lot, a.m., able, about, above, afraid, after, afternoon,
again, age, ago, agree, air, airplane (plane), airport, all, almost, along, already, also, always, America, American, and, angry, animal, another, answer, any, anyone (anybody), anything, apartment, appear, apple, April, arm, around, arrive, art, as, ask, at, August, aunt, autumn (fall), awayB— baby, back, bad, bag, bakery, ball, banana, band, bank, baseball, basket,
basketball, bath, bathroom, be (am, is, are, was, were, be, been), beach, bear, beautiful, because, become, bed, bedroom, bee, beef, before, begin, behind, believe, bell, belong, below, belt, beside, between, bicycle (bike), big, bird, birthday, bite, black, blackboard, blind, block, blow, blue, boat, body, book, bookstore, bored, boring, born, borrow, boss, both, bottle, bottom, bowl, box, boy, bread, break, breakfast, bridge, bright, bring, brother, brown, brush, build, burn, bus, business, businessman, busy, but, butter, buy, by
C— cake,
call, camera, camp, can (could), candy, cap, car, card, care, careful, carry, case, cat, catch, celebrate, cell phone, cent, center, chair, chalk, chance, change, cheap, cheat, check, cheer, cheese, chicken, child, China, Chinese, chocolate, chopsticks, Christmas, church, circle, city, class, classmate, classroom, clean, clear, climb, clock, close, clothes, cloudy, club, coat, coffee, cola, cold, collect, color, come, comfortable, comic, common, computer, convenient, cook, cookie, cool, copy, correct, cost, couch, count, country, cousin, cover, cow, crazy, cross, cry, cup, cut, cuteD— dance, dangerous, dark, date, daughter, day, dead, dear, December, decide,
delicious, department store, desk, dictionary, die, different, difficult, dig, dining room, dinner, dirty, dish, do (does, did, done), doctor (Dr.), dog, doll, dollar, door, down, dozen, draw, dream, dress, drink, drive, driver, drop, dry, during
E— each, ear, early, earth, east, easy, eat, egg, eight, eighteen, eighth, eighty,
either, elementary school, elephant, eleven, else, e-mail, end, English, enjoy, enough, enter, eraser, eve, even, evening, ever, every, everyone (everybody), everything, example, excellent, except, excited, exciting, excuse, exercise, expensive, experience, eye‧
F—
face, fact, factory, fall, family, famous, fan, farm, farmer, fast, fat, father (dad, daddy), favorite, February, feel, festival, few, fifteen, fifth, fifty, fill, finally, find, fine, finger, finish, fire, first, fish, fisherman, five, fix, floor, flower, fly, follow, food, foot, for, foreign, foreigner, forget, fork, forty, four, fourteen, fourth, free, fresh, Friday, friend, friendly, from, front, fruit, full, fun, funny, futureG— game, garden, garbage, gas, get, gift, girl, give, glad, glass, glove, go, goat,
good, good-bye (goodbye, bye), grade, grandfather (grandpa), grandmother (grandma), grass, gray, great, green, ground, group, grow, guess,H— habit, hair, half, ham, hamburger, hand, handsome, happen, happy, hard,
hard-working, hat, hate, have (has, had), he (him, his, himself), head,headache, health, healthy, hear, heart, heat, heavy, hello, help, helpful, here, hi, hide, high, hill, history, hit, hobby, hold, holiday, home, homework, honest, hope, horse, hospital, hot, hot dog, hotel, hour, house, how, however, hundred, hungry, hurry, hurt, husband
I—
I (me my mine myself), ice, ice cream, idea, if, important, in, inside, interest, interested, interesting, Internet, into, island, it (its, itself),J— jacket,
January, jeans, job, jog, join, joy, juice, July, jump, June, juniorhigh school, just
K— keep, key, kick, kid, kill, kilogram, kind, king, kiss, kitchen, kite, knee,
knife, knock, know, knowledge,L— lake, lamp, land, language, large, last, late, later, laugh, lazy, lead, leader,
learn, least, leave, left, leg, lemon, lend, less, lesson, let, letter, library, lie, life, light, like, line, lion, lip, list, listen, little, live, living room, lonely, long, look, lose, loud, love, low, lucky, lunchM— machine,
magic, mail, mailman (mail carrier), make, man, many, map, March, mark, market, married, math (mathematics), matter, may (might), May, maybe, meal, mean, meat, medicine, medium, meet, meeting, menu, mile, milk, million, mind, minute, Miss, miss, mistake, modern, moment, Monday, money, monkey, month, moon, more, morning, most, mother (mom, mommy), motorcycle, mountain, mouse, mouth, move, movie, Mr., Mrs., Ms., much, museum, music, mustN— name,
national, near, neck, need, never, new, news, next, nice, night, nine,‧
nineteen, ninety, ninth, no, nobody, nod, noise, noodle, noon, north, nose, not, notebook, nothing, notice, November, now, number, nurse