Table 3 Teaching vocabulary through lexical categories
From: Effective techniques of teaching vocabulary in Afghan EFL classrooms
No | Items | Frequency and percentage% | |
|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree and agree | Mean | ||
7 | I explain the verbs as target words with their past and past participle | 89 (95.7%) | 3.38 |
8 | While teaching vocabulary, I provide examples to from past, present and future tenses | 87 (93.5%) | 3.58 |
9 | I teach different classes of words, i.e., homophones and homographs | 60 (64.6%) | 2.72 |
10 | While teaching vocabulary, I explain each word’s parts of speech, (e.g., noun or verb) to students | 88 (94.6%) | 3.25 |
11 | While teaching words, I often draw a timeline and make examples | 76 (81.7%) | 3.00 |
12 | I ask students to practice the given words with examples in the past, present and future forms (e.g., she waits for the bus.) | 80 (86%) | 3.12 |