David Beglar and Alan Hunt have summarized the best
practices of three world renown vocabulary educators, Paul Nation, Paul Meara and Batia Laufer. Beglar and Hunt organized their practices into six underlying vocabulary
instruction principles. Four of these principles focus on the "how to" of teaching, one on enhanced motivation and one on effective vocabulary strategy usage.
Six Principles in EFL Vocabulary Education
Principle 1 ~ Provide access to decontextualized and contextualized input.
Principle 2 ~ Encourage communicative output.
Principle 3 ~ Provide form-focused instruction.
Principle 4 ~ Promote fluency development.
Principle 5 ~ Enhance student motivation.
Principle 6 ~ Develop effective strategy use.
Principle 2 ~ Encourage communicative output.
Principle 3 ~ Provide form-focused instruction.
Principle 4 ~ Promote fluency development.
Principle 5 ~ Enhance student motivation.
Principle 6 ~ Develop effective strategy use.