DEVELOPING READING VOCABULARY

Parlindungan Pardede Universitas Kristen Indonesia

Can you understand the following paragraph quite easily?

It is here that Platos overarching disposition toward unity asserts itself most pervasively and at every level, from the point of origin of a city to its formally articulated bureaucratic structure. Just as what is ultimately achieved in the guardians is a harmonious unity of soul, so the ultimate political aim of the city is to attain and preserve unity. What needs to be observed here is how unity even more than the alleged goals of justice or the Good is the ultimate teleological principle informing the interrelation of elements comprising the citys overall constitution.

DEFINITIONS
What is vocabulary? Ones ability to recognize individual words and to associate meaning with the particular combination of letters that form a word What is a word? A word is group of letters that stand for, or represent, or are associated to, either a physical object or an idea.

Developing Vocabulary
To enrich vocabulary is to increase the number of associations you can make between words (combinations of letters) and the physical objects or ideas they stand for. The ability to make the associations depends on ones experiences. Thus, the richer ones experiences, the easier it is for him to increase vocabulary. Enriching experiences could be made through travel, discussion, reading, etc. Since reading is one of the most effective ways to enrich experiences, it is also a very effective way to increase vocabulary.

PROPORTION OF ONES VOBAULARY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

WRITING VOCABULARY SPEAKING VOCABULARY LISTENING VOCABULARY READING VOCABULARY

University Students Vocabulary Development

On average, university students should add 2,000-3,000 words/year to their reading vocabularies = 6 to 8 words/day

Vocabulary Development (First Language Situation)

80000 70000 60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 2000 0
6 YEARS

80000

NUM BER OF W ORDS

14000 7000
7 YEARS 14 YEARS 18 YEARS

AGE

INSIGHT: the size of ones vocabulary reflects his education, reading, range of interests, and professional success.

GETTING WORDS MEANING IN READING

PREFIX + STEM + SUFFIX

WORD ANALYSIS

misun-

interpretforget-

ation able

GETTING WORDS MEANING

USING CONTEXT

I this morning and two hours late for work. Anna is my She and I share a room.

CONSULTING DICTIONARY

Word Analysis
1) bibliophile = . 2) philanthropist = 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) hydrophobia intercontinental international cosmopolitan miscommunication lover of books one who loves humanity irrational fear of water

Building Vocabulary Using Context

1. This morning's rainstorm dissipated when the clouds separated and disappeared to the north and south. separated or disappeared 2. The adverse effects of this drug, including dizziness, nausea, and headaches, have caused it to be withdrawn from the market. harmful 3. Even when Mr. Ruiz was younger, he almost never came out of his house. But now, as he's gotten older, he's become even more reclusive. We never see anyone visit him, and he never comes out of his house to speak with anyone. unwilling to talk and spend time with people