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big doubt



napster
Costa Rica

big doubt
 
hey, look at this question, I know about passive and active vocabulary , I am notm sure, I need help



1.       Which of the following words would you not teach beginners? Why?

Orange   table   car   pilot   pocket   girlfriend   companion   spaghetti   undertaker  angry  conductor




18 Aug 2010      





lshorton99
China

This is an interesting question!

- I would teach �orange � to a beginner - colours are basic.
- I would teach table and car - things
- I would teach pilot, undertaker and conductor - jobs
- I would teach spaghetti - food
- I would teach angry - simple adjectives
- I would teach pocket and girlfriend - they are words which might come up in everyday conversation

Therefore, I would choose �companion � on this list. It �s not a commonly used English word so beginners probably wouldn �t need it.

I �d be interested to hear other theories though!

Lindsey

18 Aug 2010     



SueThom
United States

Ditto.

Sue

18 Aug 2010     



PhilipR
Thailand

I wouldn �t teach the following words to beginners:

undertaker, conductor, companion (these 3 are rarely used and definitely not suitable or beginners) and possibly spaghetti (difficult spelling)

BTW, I don�t think the question limits us to just one answer.

18 Aug 2010     



Lina Ladybird
Germany

I agree with Philip on this one.
 
I don�t teach the word "spaghetti" to beginners, either. Most of my ss know it anyway, so I prefer to teach them the term "noodles".

18 Aug 2010     



joy2bill
Australia

It �s interesting. When I was teaching elementary school (5 year olds), it was always the �interest � words that they retained, eg �helicopter � rather than the �sight � words eg �run � or �the �.
Really it is best to teach them the words that they need to complete any given task, whatever that may be.

18 Aug 2010