Developing Vocabulary Skills - PowerPoint

Enhancing vocabulary skills is a critical aspect of English reading and comprehension, and this is the focus of a PowerPoint presentation for English teaching resources. The presentation encourages students to explore the meaning of new words in context by drawing upon their understanding of root words, prefixes, and suffixes. It provides a structured approach to vocabulary development, starting with a warm-up activity where students complete a table identifying suffixes, their meanings, and examples. This sets the stage for more in-depth exploration of word structures and their implications for meaning.

The PowerPoint further delves into the concept of vocabulary maps, a tool to help students develop morphological awareness by breaking down words into their constituent morphemes, such as root words and affixes. An excerpt from Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden" serves as a practical application of these skills, prompting students to analyse words such as 'disagreeable' and 'fretful' within the text. The session aims to empower students to independently deduce word meanings and enhance their reading comprehension through activities, discussions, and the use of vocabulary journals. By engaging with classic literature, such as "The Secret Garden" and "The Lost World" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, students contextualise their vocabulary learning and apply their skills to answer reading comprehension questions.