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2. The Acquisitions of Vocabulary
Acquiring vocabulary is very influential to all
people who are learning foreign or second language.
Having many vocabularies is needed and to acquire
vocabulary, reading is one of important activity.
Vocabulary acquisition is the vocabulary that we get to
be mastered in order to be easily learning language.
Reading comprehension processes may offer some
clues. There is considerable evidence from first
language studies that extensive reading for meaning
leads to vocabulary acquisition over time.
Teaching vocabulary has some general guidelines
that can help teachers in teaching and learning
vocabulary systematically and might be help students to
understand and acquire vocabulary easily. It is helpful
to keep in mind several general principles that facilitate
acquisition of new vocabulary (William and Mary,
2019). Furthermore, here are how to facilitates the
acquisition of new vocabulary:
a. Teach new words in the context of a meaningful
subject-matter lesson and facilitate student
discussion that requires students to use the new
words.