SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentJunior Class A, Department of English Junior Class B, Department of English
Course NameTeaching English Vocabulary
InstructorCHUNG SIAW-FONG
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule
















































































Weeks

Class

2/18

  • Introduction to the course

  • Zimmerman (2009) Ch. 1

  • Samples of work

2/25

  • Zimmerman (2009) Ch. 2

  • Nation (2008) Ch. 2




  • Vocabulary and Listening



3/4

  • Zimmerman (2009) Ch. 3

  • Nation (2008) Ch. 3

  • Vocabulary and Speaking

3/11

  • Zimmerman (2009) Ch. 4

  • Vocabulary Activity 1

3/18

  • Webb & Nation (2017) Ch. 1

3/25

     Talk and Activity

4/1

  • Webb & Nation (2017) Ch. 5

  • Vocabulary Activity 2

4/8

  • Mini Teaching I

4/15

  • Mini Teaching II

4/22

  • Webb & Nation (2017) Ch. 3

4/29

  • Webb & Nation (2017) Ch. 4

5/6

  • Schmitt & Schmitt (2020) Ch. 4

5/13

  • Journal Paper: Nguyen & Boers (2019)

  • The Effect of Content Retelling on Vocabulary Uptake From a TED Talk

5/20

  • Schmitt & Schmitt (2020) Ch. 8

5/27

  • Final Presentations I

6/3

  • Final Presentations II



6/23 (Mon)

  • Submit Final Paper by noon (12pm) 



 


  

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

This class will be conducted in English.



Individual or group presentation and discussion of readings will be carried out every week.



Students are expected to work on a proposed research topic as a final paper which includes the contents of an in-class project on designing vocabulary activities. Discussion of problems and progress of research will also be carried out.



Grades:



Group work (10%)



Project of vocabulary activities (20%) (Vocabulary activities + Two mini teaching sessions)



Contribution to discussion (10%)



Presentations (10%)



Final paper (50%)



A final paper consists of either (a) a complete lesson plan and a draft of teaching designs for undergraduate students, or (b) a research-based paper. Both options must include the vocabulary activities presented in class.


Textbook & Reference







Required Texts:



Nation, I.S.P. 2008. Teaching Vocabulary: Strategies and Techniques. Boston, MA: Heinle. [Ch 3-4]



Nguyen, C. D. & Boers, F. (2019). The Effect of Content Retelling on Vocabulary Uptake from a TED Talk. TESOL Quarterly, 53(1), 5-9.



Schmitt, Norbert & Diane Schmitt. 2020. Vocabulary in Language Teaching. 2nd Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Ch. 4, 8]



Webb, Stuart & Paul Nation. 2017. How Vocabulary is Learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Ch. 1-5]



Zimmerman, Cheryl Boyd. 2009. Word Knowledge: A Vocabulary Teacher’s Handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Ch. 1-4]



 



 



 



Lessard-Clouston, Michael. 2021. Teaching Vocabulary (Revised Edition). Virginia: TESOL Press. [Supplementary]



 

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