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Keeping a Vocabulary Notebook
1. This year, you will keep a vocabulary notebook like the one I show
you. It is worth 10% of your marks.
2. Write 10 words or phrases a week.
- Use words from
your News Video Diary, topics we talk about in class, or videos we
watch.
- Note:
These are to be new words, not words you learned in junior high such
as, red, dog, cat, etc.
3. Leave enough space to write information about the word, such as:
- the English word(s)
and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective, etc.;
- the Japanese
meaning;
- the pronunciation;
- an example sentence
in English showing how the word is used.
Optional:
- any other useful
or interesting information about the word, for example, its history
if that is interesting,
- when the word
can or should be used;
- words that often
go with the new word. For example, armed: armed guard,
side-arms, armed and dangerous, etc.
4. Organizing your vocabulary book:
- Organize your
vocabulary book alphabetically.
5. Other ways of developing your vocabulary:
- Listen or watch
for the words in your vocabulary book.
- Use the words
you are studying in your conversation in class.
- Use the words
in some English writing you do.
6. Review the words in your vocabulary book sometimes. The more you
review, the better you will remember.
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