Tips for developing vocabulary knowledge for advanced learners
We are inviting you to a lecture with the ELTE Alumni Academy. Sign up for an interactive online workshop about tips and techniques related to developing your vocabulary
Date and time: 28 November, 2024. 14:00 CET
Location: The event will be online, the attendees will receive the access links.
Please note, since the high interactivity of the lecture, the maximum number of attendees are limited in 25 participants.
Summary: The aim of the interactive workshop is for the participants to master some tips and techniques related to learning and further developing vocabulary in English (and any other foreign language). First, the basics of vocabulary knowledge are presented and discussed, such as how many words are needed for advanced language knowledge, what it means to know a word, how we can achieve lexical fluency and how grammar and vocabulary are connected. In the second part, the focus is on some techniques, websites and applications with the help of which advanced learners can boost their vocabulary skills and their overall language knowledge.
About the lecturer: Brigitta Dóczi has been teaching various courses at the Department of English Applied Linguistics since 1999. She obtained her PhD degree in 2012. Her main fields of interest are second language vocabulary development as well as task-based teaching and materials design. She has been the head of the ’English in business’ BA specialization since 2017, offering business-related courses. She also has extensive experience in teacher training, while still actively teaching English as a foreign language. Apart from teaching vocabulary research, she also offers courses and workshops related to research methodology and presentation skills to graduates and PhD students. She has recently published her monograph about research in vocabulary learning and development in the 21st century.
Please note, that the event itself is free, but registration to the Alumni website, and the International Alumni Chapter is required to participate. Students in their last academic year can participate as well.