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Add Some Orange To Your Life: It is of benefit to add orange to your life when: You want to increase your creativity and generation of new ideas. You want to feel more joy and spontaneity in your life. You are bored or depressed and want a pick me up. You want to lighten up the mood. You have a need to bring out the joy you have within. You want to have a feeling of wellbeing. On a physical level, the color orange is of benefit to add to your surroundings if you have chronic eczema or other skin conditions, if you have asthma or allergies, or if you want to increase your appetite.

Do Not Add Orange: If you have issues with food or alcohol. If you have a tendency towards self-pity.

The color yellow is the color of the sun and sunlight, so it makes sense that cheerfulness and happiness are associated with this color. The colour yellow symbolizes joy and happiness. It is also related to wisdom, in thoughts words and deeds. The positive characteristics of someone who has a well-balanced yellow color energy include confidence, clear thinking, creativeness, optimism, forcefulness, courage, strength of character, a good sense of humor and lots of energy. A clear yellow color allows clarity of thought. It increases awareness and allows good ideas to flow. Both reading and writing are helped by the color yellow. It has a fantastic healing effect on the nervous system as well. Yellow color and yellow foods are thought to help children to understand and learn. In fact, research has been done that shows that children with attention disorders may benefit from yellow foods and Omega 3 fatty acids. On a physical level the color yellow helps with digestion and helps to prevent or eliminate digestive issues such as constipation and flatulence. Yellow energy cleans the pores of the skin and helps with skin problems. It also affects the liver. An imbalance in yellow colored energy can be a contributing factor to developing diabetes and other metabolism imbalances. In fact some authors have gone so far as to say that diabetes cannot occur in a body that has yellow energy in balance. If you have diabetes, you may want to look at ways to determine if you have enough yellow energy. As with other colors, the exact shade of yellow determines its ultimate effect on the psyche and the body. A clear, pure yellow keeps the mind alert. Adding green can cause one to feel more disoriented. Adding orange lends itself to a feeling of something being well established. Added a good amount of red can mean an interest in money and having security. Generally, the negative aspects of the color yellow include a pessimistic attitude, skepticism and a feeling of restlessness. Someone who tends towards excesses, whether it be in food consumption, drugs, alcohol or sex may have an excess of yellow energy. Excessive anger and the need to fight or cause strife are negative aspects of yellow as well. A person with a lot of yellow energy may also tend to be cowardly and appear aloof. They may talk a good talk but never actually do anything. They may feel a lack of purpose.

Add Some Yellow To Your Life: When you are needing to make decisions and want to have a clear mind. When you need to concentrate on something or remember things. In that sense, yellow is a good color for an office environment. When you are feeling dissatisfied with your life. When you feel panic. When you feel burned out. If you have digestive issues or flatulence. If you have skin problems. If you have weight problems, either wanting to lose weight or to gain it. When you are feeling tired. When you are feeling nervous. When you are feeling sadness or melancholy, or depression. When you are feeling the lethargic effects of dreary weather.

Do Not Add Yellow: It is a good idea NOT to wear yellow if you are feeling the emotional effects of problems in your life. Yellow should not be used in institutions for those with mental issues. The meaning of the color green, particularly if it is a pure emerald green with just a touch of blue, is healing. The colour green "symbolizes the master healer and the life force." The colour green is the color of nature. We see it in grass, leaves, trees and other plants all around us. Green reflects life, fertility and growth. People with green thumbs are known for their ability to make things grow. Green vegetables are among the healthiest foods to eat.

A green color exhibits energies of growth and desires to expand and increase. Growth requires transformation and change, and the energy of the color green adds the ability to manage change. Although green is thought of as a passive color, it is fresh and cool and has a soothing and restful effect, suggesting a respite from the worries and cares of the world. The color green offers a sense of renewal and freshness. A green color suggests a sense of balance, well-being, harmony and a sense of order. If you are feeling a need for more green energy in life, simply going outdoors and going for a walk, especially in the woods, can be very helpful. "Contact with nature is very important if you want to be in balance and have a peaceful and harmonious life." A green color is thought of as strong, helpful and friendly. It symbolizes learning and self-respect. Green is also symbolic of money. We even call dollar bills "greenbacks". Green is associated with abundance. People who are drawn to the color green are often givers. Green also governs the emotions and it is thought by many alternative health practitioners that heart problems occur because of unresolved emotional issues. That makes sense to me given the strong mind body spirit connection in all areas of our lives. Having been emotionally hurt and holding unresolved fears of being hurt again are issues that may eventually cause heart problems. Balancing the green energy may be one of the ways to help with these issues. The positive personal attributes associated with the color green are many. They include: Sympathy and compassion A generous nature A loving nature, particularly towards children and animals Harmony and balance An understanding nature Self-control Humbleness And of course, everything has balancing negative aspects too. The negative qualities associated with green are: Jealousy Recklessness A lack of discrimination Stinginess and holding tight to your possessions Cruelty Dishonesty, particularly in terms of money. When your heart center is in balance we are able to give positive support and feelings of love and happiness to others.

Add Some Green To Your Life: When you want to soothe your nerves. When you want to calm yourself before an event. When you feel a need for growth. When you want a feeling of balance and harmony. When you have a headache or digestive problems (not a pure strong emerald green. Choose a green with a bit of blue in it). When you want a change.

Do Not Add Green: Emerald green has a very strong energy so use it with caution. Only use pure emerald green if you are healthy. Do not add a lot of strong green to a room where you need creativity. It is great for a room where more practical work takes place, but for creativity other colors are better.

The color blue is the coolest color is the color spectrum. We see it in nature, in the colors of the sky, lakes and oceans. In ancient Egypt, lapis lazuli, a beautiful blue gemstone, represented heaven. The meaning of the color blue is peace, calm and spirituality. Blue soothes us, body mind and spirit. It has a calming effect on the nervous system and is very relaxing, so it is a good color to have in areas where you need peace to prevail. Blue is also uplifting. It is the color that connects us to our spiritual side and the energy of the universe. Because a blue color is both calming and spiritual, it is a wonderful color to have in your home to create a peaceful, yet uplifting environment. It is best in rooms where you want to rest and relax. Blue is a color that works especially well for babies and young children. The color blue "has always been the color of spirit, the symbol of contemplation prayer and heaven." It connects us to our higher power, the soul that resides in each of us. Preference for a light blue color is said to indicate a lack of depth and needing to mature. Dark blue is the color of truth and of moderation. Those who have a lot of blue in their aura or who show a strong preference for the color blue will display certain personality characteristics, both positive and negative.

The positive aspects of the color blue include: Loyalty Affectionate Creativity Has the ability to inspire Inventiveness. Peacefulness and relaxation. Soothing. Calm

The negative attributes of the color blue include: Ambition. Snobbishness Impatience with the views and ideas of others Apathy. Emotional instability. Suspicion Inflexible in your beliefs Using reason to selfish and self-justified ends Conservatism (it can be both a positive and a negative)

Add Some Blue To Your Life: There are certain situations where you may find it helpful to add some of the color blue to your life. You may want to add blue to your life: To help you communicate better. If you have throat issues If you are having trouble sleeping If you are having health problems with your ears, eyes or nose. If you have had a shock or otherwise need to calm yourself down. If you have a fever. If you want to feel at peace. If you want to relax. If you feel your energy is blocked and you want to open the energy flow in your body. To help you remember exam information or a speech (write it down on blue colored paper).

Indigo color has one of the longest wave lengths in the visible color spectrum. A mix of blue and violet, we see it in the deep blue of the night sky and in foods like blueberries and concord grapes. Like the color blue, indigo governs communication, either written or spoken. This color though is more about inward communication. Personal thoughts and reflections are governed by the indigo color as are insights and deep understanding. This color rules the mind, our reasoning ability and the intellect. It represents knowledge, dignity and intuition. On a physical level the colour indigo controls all of the five senses: the arms, hands, tongue, and vision. It also rules the intestines and lungs. The color indigo is associated with the pineal gland, located in the brain. The pineal gland is linked to the nervous system and mental abilities including our psychic ability. Indigo has an effect on balance and coordination, self-reflection, mental clarity and wisdom. It has a balancing influence on our frustrations and fears. The indigo color energy relates to our true understanding of life. When our indigo energy is balanced we are more able to understand the meaning of our lives and see the need to help others as part of our own spiritual growth. Suffering from excess indigo color energy in our lives can result in thinking you are above others spiritually or letting your ego get out of control. You can also have too little indigo energy and become fearful, oversensitive, undisciplined and a wishful thinker who never really gets it done. Someone who is drawn to the color indigo is "searching for an idealized harmony into which he can blend". This person would "seek to share a warm intimacy with a sensitive and understanding partner in an esthetic atmosphere of peace and love." On the contrary, someone who shows a dislike for an indigo color may be overcautious, impetuous and argumentative in their nature, with a desire to let their ego take over. The colour indigo is a good color to add to a room where creative work will be done as it inspires our creative energies through intuition. It is perfect for a room where you like to contemplate quietly or meditate. It is not the best color for a larger room with multiple functions. There are both positive and negative personality characteristics associated with each color.

The positive aspects of indigo color include: Intuitive. Logical. Discernment. Enthusiasm. Cheerfulness Fearless. Fulfillment of duty. Practical Idealism. Helping Comforting nature. High intellectual faculties Strong reasoning Ability. Power of concentration. Good memory Among the negative attributes associated with the color indigo, if it is not in balance, are: Fear. Intolerant. Impractical. Judgmental Sees only the negative and dark side. Melancholy. Cynical Ruthless. Over-cautious. Impetuous. Argumentative

Physical symptoms like blurred vision or eye problems, headaches or nightmares may accompany the behavior. If you experience these it may be advantageous to add an indigo color to your life in some way (and obviously see your health practitioner if physical symptoms persist).

Add Some Indigo Color To Your Life: You may want to add indigo color in your life when: You want to develop your intuition. You have personal issues you need to focus on. You have problems sleeping. You want to calm your nerves. You have trouble hearing. You have issues with your skin. You want solitude You want to focus on inner communication and development You want to focus on a problem with a new perspective.

Do Not Add Indigo: When you are feeling depressed.

The color violet is a combination of the colors red and blue. While the color red is a hot, active color, blue is calming and cooling. Being a combination of these opposite colors, this deep purple color balances the focusing and expansive aspects of red and blue. It opens up our creativity and imagination and allows the energy of inspiration to flow through us. Because of this, it is the color associated with art and all artistic pursuits including writing, poetry and music. It is also the color of healers and psychics. Children tend to love the color purple and of course children have a wonderful sense of imagination and creativity. Purple is considered the color of good judgment and of purpose. It is the color of royalty and symbolizes mystery and the mystical. From ancient times, the color purple has been considered the color of spirit and our spiritual nature. It is found in the auras of those who are seeking spiritual fulfillment and is said to help you feel peace of mind. For these reasons, violet is a good color to have around you when you meditate, whether it be a purple color gemstone such as amethyst or purple accents in the room where you meditate. On a physical level, the color violet governs the pituitary gland which the medical profession calls "the master gland" of the endocrine system. It gives energy to our lymphatic system and is said to help kill bacteria. Too much purple energy may express itself in a need to escape reality often by going into a fantasy world or by not accepting things as they are.

Among the positive characteristics associated with the color violet are: Mental strength. Inspirational leadership. Kindness. Fairness Humanitarianism. Self-sacrificing. Idealistic Ability to observe things which go unnoticed by others Introspective. Sensitive. Extremely creative. Tactful. Warm Demanding total honesty from others

The negative aspects of a dark purple color include: Feeling superior. Arrogance. Snobbishness. Disloyalty. Interest in black magic Temperamental. Indecision. Inconsistency. Aloofness

Add Some Violet Your Life: It may be beneficial to add the color purple to your life: When you want to rebalance yourself and your life. When you want to remove obstacles in your path. When you want to enhance your creativity and use your imagination effectively. To strengthen your spiritual values. To calm yourself. To re-energize yourself if you have been depressed. If you have emotional issues to work on.

Do Not Add Violet: If you are depressed or feel very out of balance. (Peaceful green would be a better color in this instance) While you are meditating, if you are just beginning to meditate.

The color pink is a combination of the primary color red with white. A pink color is considered much more calming than red, but the level of calmness depends on the amount of red in the pink tone. Softer pinks are considered calmer, containing more feminine and young energy. Pink is the color of universal love and of romance. It evokes feelings of tenderness and caring. It is also symbolic of happiness and contentment, as in "tickled pink». The meaning of the color pink tends towards more gentle emotions than fiery red. It is the color of calm, of acceptance and relaxation. Pink is also the color of self-worth.

Add Some Pink Your Life: When you want to feel calm When you want to relax When you want to feel content When things seem too hectic Do Not Add Pink: When you need a boost of energy When you need a pick-me-up.

2.2 Using colour to teach vocabulary

It is a well-known fact that students recall words better when they read the definitions and draw their own pictures to represent them than when they read and write the words and the definitions. Tracing a picture of the definition produces better recall than writing the definition, and creating one's own visual image is more effective than tracing. Using colour in a number of ways produces similar results: students concentrate better, spend more time processing a word, and find learning more interesting and pleasant. Colour is useful in both learning and revising, as well as making students and teachers aware of the way they approach certain tasks. Neuropsychologists, for instance, give students four pens and have them work with each pen in a specific order for a specified period of time (red pen for three minutes, then blue for three minutes, and so on). The results reveal a good deal about how the students did the task, what was done first, second, or third . In teaching vocabulary to more advanced students of English, this technique might show what information they seek first when working with a dictionary: whether they look for definitions, equivalents in their own native tongue, example sentences, synonyms, or other information.

The most popular uses of coloured chalk or pencils are:

1. to practice spelling and pronunciation: underline or colour difficult letter or sound clusters (e.g., double consonants in accommodation or the sounds in thought); mark stressed syllables in longer words (luxurious); underline words in a passage that look nice or ugly to you; draw a picture rep- resenting a word you cannot remember; decorate the initial or final sounds/letters that cause difficulty; 2. to remember the word's grammar: underline concrete nouns in one colour and abstract ones in another; mark countable and uncountable nouns in a text with different colours; underline transitive and intransitive verbs; mark words which are masculine, feminine, or neuter in meaning; mark different parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions) with colours; 3. to teach semantic categories and word differences: underline all words in a text connected with a given topic (e.g., health, food, travelling, etc.) with a coloured pencil; underline all words in a text associated with different ways of speaking (looking, walking, or smiling) in order to notice the differences in their usage; mark adjectives with positive and negative meanings with different colours; underline synonyms or antonyms of certain words; make colourful charts, mandalas, semantic maps, or idea sketches to practise vocabulary; 4. topractise morphology: colour all prefixes and suffixes in a passage and try to find out what they usually mean; underline the stem of given words to see that they are related (e.g., satisfaction, insatiable, unsatisfactory); use different colours to mark prefixes, stems, and suffixes of words on a list of derivatives (e.g., long, prolong, prolonged, prolongation, longitude, longish, longing, etc.);

5. to draw students attention to words and to stimulate discussion: let them express their opinions and preferences in a creative way; underline with different colours words which have happy/sad or nice/ unpleasant associations for you; mark words which are easy or difficult for you to remember or words you would like to remember after the class; colour all attractive/boring or useful/uncommon words in a passage. Apart from underlining or colouring words or letters, students can also improve their retention by colour coding (associating certain lexical or grammatical categories with particular colours); making coloured drawings or symbols for words or grammatical categories to be used in the classroom on flash cards, cue cards, posters, and overhead transparencies; or using coloured discs to mark some features of words presented in pictures or magazine cut-outs (e.g., gender or countable nouns). Teachers can help students acquire more difficult items of vocabulary by using coloured chalk or by placing pictures or writing words on coloured construction paper. Students, on the other hand, can use colour in their notebooks and for dittos. Teachers will have their own ideas and will use colour to suit their own students' needs. Whether they introduce colourful flashcards, posters, or notes on the board, they may find them all helpful and enjoyable. The main advantages of using colour in the classroom include the following:

* Colouring words helps to concentrate on the task and extends the time and attention students give to each word to be learnt.

* Underlining words or decorating them with coloured pencils is an activity no student can get wrong, and the feeling of success is extremely encouraging for all students.

* Texts and exercises coloured with pencils look more familiar or personal to students and are much easier to work with than clean texts when revising the material.

Allowing students to make decisions about what is easy/difficult, interesting/ boring, useful/useless for them and what they want/don't want to remember while underlining certain words with coloured pencils makes students feel responsible for their results. In most cases, such a feeling of control makes students aware of the good side of studying and they start working harder.

Finally, using colour in any way makes students and teachers more creative. Developing new ideas, drawing pictures, and playing with words make studying a pleasure rather than a cumbersome duty.

Do colours aid the memory for words?

In order to see if colours could enhance students' memory power, I conducted a short experiment. I asked 58 students to learn 20 English words and their meaning within five minutes. The words were written individually on cards in five colours: blue, green, orange, red, and yellow. All words were connected with business and were most probably new to the students. Subsequently, students were tested on all the words. The results might mean that some colours drew more attention and helped students' concentration better than others. The words printed on blue or red cards were remembered the best while those written on green had the worst results. It is interesting that green, most students' favourite colour, was the worst memory aid. It's relaxing qualities could have had a distracting influence on students.

Conclusion

Vocabulary is an important part of the English teaching process. It is supposed to be a very effective communicative device as it carries the highest level of importance within peoples? verbal interaction. However, language itself is not only individual lexemes put together, but it is necessary to follow a set of grammar rules to assure correct comprehension of speaker's intention. Therefore, vocabulary together with grammar rules acquisition plays significant role in foreign language teaching. The purpose of research paper is to find out the appropriate principles and methods for teaching vocabulary. The first part is devoted to the theory of vocabulary teaching and present techniques in the classroom. Practical part was realized in the classroom using different approach for each. The main goal is to assess the relationship between teaching approach and students' final knowledge, focusing on vocabulary load. Language with problems to integrate it within context, - conscious learning of rules does not lead to language acquisition, - communicative approach prepares students for real communication, students are not anxious about experiments with language and they are able to respond the context well.

In conclusion, first, teachers should prepare themselves for the following principles and methods of teaching vocabulary in FLTL, cause foreign language training will be more efficient.

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