The World of WordsHow important are they?

The World of WordsWords: the power of expression

Semantics (from Greek, smantik)

the study of meaning.

It focuses on the relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs and symbols, and what they stand for.

Words a short filmLook for 9 words that describe each scene.How many different meanings of similar words can you find?

Words a short filmKey words:Play, Blow, Break, Split, Run, Fly, Fall, Light, Space

PlayPlay (to start)Theatrical Play a Sports Play (move) Play as a verb (Playing)Play Ball (Start of baseball) To Play (music)

Play

BlowBlow air (verb)Blow your nose Blow as a noun (hit) Blow Fish (Blow up) Blow (break)

Blow

BreakBreak as a verb (smash or damage) Break as a noun (broken bone)Break (to move away in a game)Brake (car brake)Break (Billiards move)Breaking Up (lose a cellphone connection, to end a romantic relationship)

Break

Split Split (to cut something into two pieces) Split ( gymnastic move) Split (divide between people) Banana Split (Dessert) Split ( to rip open)

Split

Run Run (run in the stocking) Running( to run) Runny (leaking nose or paint) Running Faucet Run the light (break traffic rules) Run away (to escape) Runway (landing strip)

Run

Fly Fly (act of flying) Fly (an insect) Fly (zipper of your pants) That is not going to fly (idiom meaning something is unacceptable)

Fly

FallFall (the act of falling)WaterfallFall (fall asleep, in love)Fall (season) ~ U.K., autumn

Fall

Light Light (opposite of heavy) Light as a feather (idiom meaning very light) Light (physical brightness: Sun, flashlight, bulb), Light (to ignite) Let there be light ( idiom meaning higher awareness) Lightning

Light

SpaceSpace (the universe)Space Bar (computer key)To give space (un. noun)

Space

Re:Words

Words how to teach them?What difficultlies can mulitiple word meanings present in the classroom?As a teacher how can we deal with this?Make a weakness a strength: How can we make this a teaching tool?

Words ~ the list goes on!Functional bat, bowl, can, face, fall, fit, foot, hand, hit, light, mean, park, pet, pitcher, play, punch, ring, rock, roll, run, saw, star, stick, top, trip

Early Elementary back, bank, bark, bend, block, board, bomb, border, box, bright, brush, cap, capital, change, character, check, checker, clear, count, cover, cycle, degree, direction, draw, drill, even, fall, fire, freeze, force, head, inch, iron, key, kind, letter, lie, line, match, mind, model, motion, mouse, odd, order, past, period, place, point, pole, power, present, property, right, rose, ruler, safe, scale, seal, season, second, shake, ship, side, solid, solution, space, spring, stamp, staple, state, story, stuff, table, tense, track, turn, watch, wave, work

Late Elementary act, angle, atmosphere, bitter, cast, charge, country, court, credit, current, depression, draft, due, edge, film, flood, friction, front, fuse, gum, interest, judge, negative, lean, matter, motion, organ, party, plane, plot, produce, product, raise, rate, reason, report, school, screen, sense, settle, shock, spell, source, staff, stand, staple, state, tip, wage, volume

Secondary base, bass, chance, channel, coast, constitution, content, crop, division, formula, gravity, interest, issue, lounge, market, tissue, operation, pitch, process, program, view, value, volume, waste

Teaching multiple meaningsExcessive time in understanding multiple meaning words can provide a delay that disrupts either reading fluency or oral language comprehension. Language used by textbooks and teachers are rife with ambiguity, as is much of the humor used in social language (Spector, 2007). A study found that 72% of the most frequently occurring 9,000 words contained multiple meanings (Johnson and Pearson, 1984).

Practice with multiple meaning words accomplishes several things:1. Encourages metalinguistic skills, such as thinking about why certain words have certain labels.2. Kill two birds with one stone learn two words for the price of one.4. Provides a bridge for working with context.3. Prepares for common sections of standardized vocabulary tests.

Classroom Goal Examples ~1. Min-jun will identify another meaning of functional multiple meaning words when given one meaning.2. Seo-yeon will identify two meanings of age appropriate multiple meaning words. 3. Woo-jin will provide one definition of age appropriate multiple meaning words when given another definition. 4. Sun-mi will provide two definitions of age appropriate multiple meaning words.

Easier technique ~

The World of Words"By words we learn thoughts, and by thoughts we learn life." - Jean Baptiste Girard (1775 1815)

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