How to teach Vocabulary?

Vocabulary is one of the fundamentals of English. Students need to be prepared with a wide and vivid vocabulary to compete in the world's marketplace. The challenge of teaching vocabulary is creating lesson plans that are both effective and entertaining. Vocabulary must be taught and learned.
Using games to teach vocabulary can help make the whole process more engaging for you and your students and using age-appropriate vocabulary words for the activities:

Bang Game

·         Select at least 20 vocabulary words that you wish to practice. Write each word on a separate wooden craft stick. Write the word "bang" on at least three additional craft sticks. Place all of the sticks into an empty coffee can. The first student draws a stick from the can, reading the vocabulary word. If the student reads the word correctly, she keeps the stick. The stick is returned to the can if she cannot read it. Game play continues with each child drawing a stick and reading the word. If a stick with the word "bang" is drawn, the student places all of his sticks back in the can. The bang stick remains out of the can. Continue playing until all of the sticks are used. The person with the most sticks wins.

Memory Matching Game

·         Play a memory game by creating one set of flashcards with just the definitions written on them and another set with just the words written on them. Lay out both sets in front of you facedown, then flip over one card at a time. When you see the definition card for a vocabulary word card you have seen previously (or the other way around), match the two cards and remove them from play. Continue until you have matched all of the cards in front of you. Keep a list of the words with their definition nearby in case you need to check a match for correctness.

Fill-in-the-Blanks

·         Have a study partner, tutor or teacher write a short story using the vocabulary words you would like to learn, then write another version where the words are replaced by blanks and a word bank given on the page. Read through the story and fill in the appropriate vocabulary words. Writing a story with vocabulary words for your study partner will help you learn the words as well.

Puzzles

·         You can use software tools or online resources to create puzzles from vocabulary words. If you are a student, have a study partner or tutor create the puzzles for you so that you do not know the answers. Try making crossword puzzles using the vocabulary words and their definitions. Word search puzzles may not be as useful for learning word definitions, but for students of a foreign language they help to increase familiarity and recognition of vocabulary words.

In my opinion, teaching vocabulary has to be very easy and funny because students need to be comfortable learning new words. So, those activities are very useful and helpful for students to learn and understand the meaning of the new words.