My personal journey of vocabulary learning
I was in eighth grade, when I first encountered the word ―sincere‖. Ms. Brown, my English
teacher, wrote the word on the board and talked about what it meant to be sincere. She called on
us to think of people we knew who were sincere and what they did that made them sincere. To
me ―sincere‖ was a good word and I strongly desired to make it my own. I was excited to think
about sincere behavior and sincere people. I wanted to be sincere myself. Soon after that, I
started noticing the word in newspapers, in overheard conversations and on television. It was
amazing to me that I knew a word even used by actors. That experience was the beginning of my
fascination with vocabulary. The fact that I knew the meaning of ―sincere‖ and could use it was a
milestone in my English language learning journey. I believe Decarrico is right in stating that
efficient vocabulary learning is a productive, incremental and continuous process that requires
meaningful recurring encounters with a word over a long period of time (Decarrico, 2001, as
cited in Adger, 2002).
My personal journey of vocabulary learning I was in eighth grade, when I first encountered the word ―sincere‖. Ms. Brown, my Englishteacher, wrote the word on the board and talked about what it meant to be sincere. She called onus to think of people we knew who were sincere and what they did that made them sincere. Tome ―sincere‖ was a good word and I strongly desired to make it my own. I was excited to thinkabout sincere behavior and sincere people. I wanted to be sincere myself. Soon after that, Istarted noticing the word in newspapers, in overheard conversations and on television. It wasamazing to me that I knew a word even used by actors. That experience was the beginning of myfascination with vocabulary. The fact that I knew the meaning of ―sincere‖ and could use it was amilestone in my English language learning journey. I believe Decarrico is right in stating thatefficient vocabulary learning is a productive, incremental and continuous process that requiresmeaningful recurring encounters with a word over a long period of time (Decarrico, 2001, ascited in Adger, 2002).
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