http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/word-family-framework
What is the Word Family Framework (WFF)?
The WFF is a searchable resource for teachers and learners of English that consists of over 22,000 vocabulary items arranged according to six levels aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)..
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What can the WFF be used for?
The WFF can be used by institutions, teachers and learners to construct target vocabularies for individual learning, syllabus and lesson planning, materials design and exam preparation. It can be used for two different types of vocabulary selection:
‘Vertical searches’
- Identifying all the vocabulary items at one CEFR level.
- Identifying all the vocabulary items at several CEFR levels.
‘Horizontal searches’
- Identifying the CEFR level of an individual word or group of words.
- Identifying the CEFR levels of all the members of a word family in order to decide which items may be worth learning.
- Identifying unknown members of word families in order to extend a learner’s vocabulary.
How I Use this in my Writing Courses
Every unit of the textbook used for this course (Q: Skills for Success, Reading/Writing 3) has key vocabulary for students to learn. I provide a graphic organizer listing these words for each unit reading but ask students to then use the Word Family Framework link to identify the other word forms for this particular word. For example:
Vocabulary: the word form used in the reading is in bold with an asterisk (*). Use the Word Family Framework to note the word forms below. http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/wff/index.html
[NB: Some words, idioms, and/or phrasal verbs will not have any other word forms]
| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb | Phrasal Verb |
| *anticipation | anticipated/ unanticipated | |||
| *appealing | ||||
| *appear | ||||
| *claim | ||||
| *come close to | ||||
| *critic | ||||
| *deceptive | ||||
| *hire | ||||
| *particularly |
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