Hannah Bontrager
Prof. Schurman
1 February 2012
Being an English major, I really enjoyed learning techniques for teaching vocabulary in a way that students will retain and understand what I am teaching. I really liked the concept of the Concept Circles, it is a great way to put words together that relate to each other in a way students can make connections between them. I feel that with the growing interest in technology words are being left behind. This is so sad to me because even though most communication can and is done between electronics, words are still very important to our societies communication. When in a business meeting or a professional setting "text lingo" will not be an acceptable form of communication. People will expect you to be fluent and meaningful with your words. It is, therefore, more important than ever for us as teachers to instill a love of words and concepts and ways for students to not only learn the words and definitions but ways of comprehending, remembering and using the words we teach them.
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