Journal 4

The Topic of the Journal

Think about how well you have trained word attack skills to effectively use three strategies (p.66-73) in English class throughout your secondary school years. What strategies were more highlighted? Or what strategies were ignored? Tell us how you want to teach word attack skills to your students in the future.


My writing
Now I’m reminding how I studied vocabulary when I was in high school. I could remind three ways. First, rote memorization of words. Second, use suffix and prefix. Last one, making an image of words with using the similar pronunciation between Korean and English. Of course, inferring the meaning of the words are used. Because some CSAT English test questions ask student to infer the meaning of the word. So inferring the words were important and practical method in Korean English education.
The method that I want to use is similar. I want to utilize suffix and prefix, inferring the words, of course, and repetition. I made special effort to memorize words but I learned new words naturally by facing the words repeatedly. In addition, as we can’t use dictionaries every time, making students be able to infer is crucial. Inferring is a powerful skill so that students don’t have to rely on dictionaries but can read texts more quickly without suffering difficulties.