MAGICAL Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 8
9. Teaching Vocabulary
The nature of learning vocabulary is dynamic and continues over time (Webb and Nation 2017). Hatch and
Brown refer to four essential steps in vocabulary learning, all of which are applied in Magical’s careful
methodology for introducing and practicing vocabulary:
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Sources for encountering new vocabulary.
Getting a clear image of new words – visual, auditory or both.
Making a memory connection between the form and meaning.
Using the word through a continual process (not rote memory) – recycle vocabulary as often as
possible.
(Hatch and Brown 1995)
Like Hatch and Brown, Nation (1990) recommends teaching and learning vocabulary strategies for young
pupils that involve demonstrating lexical items through pictures and verbal explanations. Specifically, he
praises word cards as an
