vocabulary myth 1: "vocabulary is not as important in learning a foreign language as grammar or other areas"

Let's take a closer look at Keith Folse's challenges to how we teach/learn vocabulary:
Jay Doubleyou: vocabulary myths: applying second language research to classroom teaching

With thanks to the Frankfurt International School:
Vocabulary Myths: Applying Second Language Research To Classroom Teaching

First: it's good to have some idea about where words come from and how they are made up:
What teachers should know about English vocabulary

In other words, what's a word's etymology:
Etymology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Online Etymology Dictionary

Second: it's important to make the vocabulary 'comprehensible':
Helping ESL students understand what you say
Helping ESL students understand written texts

Which is Stephen Krashen's approach:
Jay Doubleyou: krashen quotes
Jay Doubleyou: second language acquisition
Jay Doubleyou: theories of language learning and teaching: input part two

As is Noam Chomsky's:
Jay Doubleyou: chomsky and language acquisition
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