Teaching Vocabulary

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Pedagogy - The Teacher, Educational Leadership, grade: 1,7, University of Trier, language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to introduce important aspects of vocabulary teaching through an analysis of the example “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, as well as to evaluate this example from a teacher’s perspective. The main part will focus on a practical example of the FU English, called “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, with the main goal of revision and retrieval of vocabulary. First, the main aim is to analyse the game with respect to theoretical aspects and the guidelines of the educational standards and the curriculum. Second, this part will also discuss the positive and negative aspects of this example from the viewpoint of a teacher, as well as provide ideas for improvement.