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1、TeachingVocabulary(1)(byCraigWealand)Peoplein,theknow?saythatknowingawordmaymeanmorethanyouknow.Astudentrecognizesawordinawrittenorspokentextandthinks,Iknowthatword?,butcantheyalso:-Bringittomindwhentheyneedit?Useitinthecorrectgrammaticalform?(prefix/suffix/verbinflection/wordclass)Pronounceitproper

2、ly?Spellitcorrectly?Useitwiththewordsitusuallygoeswith(collocation)?Useitattheappropriatelevelofformality?Relateittosomething?(knowitsmeaning)Beawareofitsconnotationsandassociations?Asanativespeaker,I?dhavetroublewithsomeoftheabovepointsforquiteafewitemsinmyvocabulary.Needlesstosayourstudentshavequi

3、teajobontheirhands.Wordsareliketelephonenumbers,creditcardnumbers,carlicenceplatenumbers,bankaccountPINnumbers,themoreweseethem,repeatthemandusethem,themorewe?relikelytorememberthem.Ifwerecyclevocabularyininterestingandimaginativewaysforourstudents,someofitshould,eventually,stick(The,Pebble-dashAppr

4、oach?).InthewakeofageneralshiftinEFLfromagrammartoavocabularyfocus,thefollowingideasmaycomeinhandy.Theseactivitiesmaybeofusetoteacherswhosestudentswouldrathertakeadictionaryonholidaywiththemthanagrammarbook.Activitiesforreviewingandrevisinglexis:-SS=studentsT=teacher1. NoughtsandCrossesTwritesthevoc

5、ab.Toberevisedontheboardinanoughtsandcrossesgrid(9vocab.Items).DivideSSintotwoteams,onenoughtsandtheothercrosses.Tossacointoseewhichteamstartsandnominatea,volunteer?tochooseanywordfromthegrid.ThatSmustusethewordinacorrectsentenceandshowthemeaninginthecontextofthesentence.Bestrict.Thesentencemustsoun

6、dnormaltoyourears,otherwisethewordgetsthrownovertotheotherteamforthemtotry.Whenacorrectsentenceisprovided,ruboutthewordandreplaceitwithanoughtorcrossdependingontheteam.Nowit?stheotherteamschancetopickaword.Theteamwiththree0?sorX?sinarowwins.Iusuallyelicit/re-presentanywordsremaininginthegridafterthe

7、gamehasfinished,astheyarelikelytobetheonesSSdon?tknowyet.Note:Lexicalitemscouldbeacollectionofverbs,phrasalverbs,nouns,adjectives,expressions,idioms,vocab.fromtextetc.2. BackToTheBoardDividetheclassintotwoteams(AandB).ChoseaSfromeachteamtomovehis/herchairsothattheSShavetheirbackstotheboardandarefaci

8、ngtheirteammates.Twritesawordorphraseontheboardandbothteamstrytodescribeittotheirteammatesatthesametime.Thefirsttocorrectlyreproducewhat?sontheboardgetsapoint.Insistonpassablepronunciation.Rubthewordoutandputanotheroneup.Keepthepacesnappy.RotatetheSSperiodicallysothateveryonegetsachanceintheteam,hot

9、seat?.Deductpointsforteammemberssayingthewordassoonasyou?vewrittenit(it?seasilydone),andforteamreps.turningroundtolookattheboardandusingmirrors,L1etc.3. BoardRunWorkswellwithkidsandcompanyexecutives.PutSsinteams(two,three,fourdependingonclasssize)andlinethemupfacingtheboard.GivethefirstSineachlineab

10、oardpen.Tdescribesawordorphrase.ThefirstStoruntotheboardandwritethewordlegiblyscoresapoint.Tripping,holdingandbitingisallowed,buttheword/phrasemustbewrittencorrectly.4.ChainStoryTwritesvocab.Toberevisedontheboard.Tusesthefirstitemofvocab.Inasentencetostartoffastory.SScontinuethestoryaroundtheclassus

11、ingvocab.Fromboardin(oroutof)sequence.5.WaitingForLateArrivalsJustwritealistontheboardandgetSStodefinetheword,translateittoL1orputitinasentence.Ifyourclassreallydribblesinslowly,dictatethelistforspellingandgettheSStodictatebacktoanotherSSwhowritesthelistontheboardforyou.6. ClickYourFingersGetSSonthe

12、irfeetandinacircle.Startclickingorclapping,andonthethird,beat?NominateaSwhohastosayawordfromlastlesson.Thisworksbestwithgroupsofwords,e.g.Professions,Formsoftransport,Phrasalverbs,Sports,Wordsbeginningwith,P?etc.WhenaScan?tprovideawordwithinreasonablehesitationtime(asecond?),orrepeatsawordalreadysai

13、dbyanotherS,he/sheis,out?andsitsdown.Who?sleftstandingattheend?7. ThrowThemAwaySimilarto2,butdoneinpairsnotopenclass.GiveSSslipsofpaperwithvocabon.SSdefinewordstotheirpartner,andthrowthemawaywhentheirpartnerguesses.ThefirstStothrowawayalltheirslipsofpaperwins.Ifindthere?sagreatsenseofsatisfactiontob

14、ehadcrossingoutorthrowingawaywordsalreadylearnt.(Peeringthroughpencilmarksandsearchingtherubbishbinisanothermatter,butallpartoftheprocess.)8. Vocab.BoxSpeakingofslipsofpaper,whynotstartavocab.boxatthebeginning,orinthemiddle,ofthecourse?ChooseaSandgivehim/hertheresponsibilityofwritingdownonslipsofpap

15、erallnewwordsduringthelesson.Attheendofthelessonputthewords/phrasesinaboxorbagandnextlessontheresponsibilitypassestoanotherS.IfaSmissesalesson,theboxcanbecheckedforanynewwords.SScanseetheirvocabularyexpanding.Ifnotintheirheads,atleastinthebox.Periodicallyvocab.canberevisedusingoneoftheactivitieshere

16、,oryourown,orgiveaformaltest.DecideiftheSSneedtowritephonetictranscriptionsoftheword,wordgroup(noun,adjective.verbetc.),dependentprepositions,contextsentence,prefix/suffixetc.Ifyouvefoundthislistuseful,pleasesendusyourclassroomideas.Iftheyreanygood,wellputthemonthewebpageandsharethworld!CraigWealand

17、TeachingVocabulary(2)(byCraigWealand)1. LabellingADiagramGoodifyoucandraw.Ifyou?relikemeandcan?t,usestickfigures,O.H.T.?s(overheadtransparencies)orgetaStodrawforyou.SSlabelpartsofthebody,ahouse,acar,anofficeetc.Foramore,interactive?approachon,partsofthebody?,getthemtolabeleachotherinpairsusingpost-i

18、tnotes.2. MatchingDefinitionsApopularcoursebooktaskismatchingdefinitionsofwordstothewordsthemselves.ThisismorefunifyoucutthemoutandputSSingroupstodoit,orletthemminglearoundtheclassuntiltheyfindtheirword/definition.ExpertssaytheKineticapproachismorememorablefortheSS,butitwillcostyouatleastfiveminutes

19、ofpreparationtime.Youdecide!3. GuessTheWordTbeginstodictateawordletterbyletteruntilaSguessesthewordandshouts,stop?.emwiththeTheSthenspellsthewordtotheend.Ihaven?ttriedthisonemyself,maybeyoucouldletmeknowifit?sanygood?4.TheBestSentenceDividetheSSintotwoteams.Writeawordtoberevisedontheboard.Eachteamha

20、sasecretarywhowritesasentenceconstructedbytheteamandusingthewordontheboard.Thebestsentencescoresapoint.TheT?swordisfinal.Anydisputesfromastroppyclasscanbedealtwithquicklyandpainlesslybyusingayellowcardforthefirstdissension,andthenaredonefordisqualification(asinfootball).5. AnagramsI?mterriblewithana

21、grams,butIhavebeentoldtheycanbeusedforrevising,recyclingandintroducingbavoc.6. BrainstormingIs,brainstorming?stillabuzzword?PutSSingroups.Tellthemtothinkofasmanywordsaspossibleinthreeminutesonthesubjectof.(overtoyou!).Appointagroupsecretarytonotedownthewords.Whohasthemost?14.HangmanI?vealwaysfoundth

22、istootimeconsuming,butthenagain,Idon?tteachkids.Awordisrepresentedontheboardbyonedashforeachletter,e.g.coffeeSSsuggestletters(usuallyvowelsfirst).Iftheletterdoesn?tbelongintheword,Twritesletterontheboardanddrawsonelineofahangman?sgallows.TheSShavetoguessthewordbeforeamangetshanged.Oneguesscountsasal

23、ine.7. TeamVocab.RaceDividetheSSintogroupsofthree,fourorfivedependingonclasssize.Appointagroupsecretary.Establishavocab.categoryandnumberofwords,e.g.,20wordsconnectedtosport.?Shout,go?Whenateamclaimstohavefinished,checktheirlistforspellingandsuitabilityofwordswithoutstoppingtheothergroups.Thefirstte

24、amtocorrectlycollectalistofwordsscoresonepointforeachwordonthelist.Inthiscase20.Keeparunningtallyontheboard.Otherideasinclude:-25irregularverbs10prepositions15animals20phrasalverbs15waystotravel.etc.8. RunningDefinitionSplitSSintothreeorfourgroups,andwriteascoringtableontheboard.Oneteammemberfromeac

25、hteamcomestotheTwhowhispersadefinitionofawordtothegrouprepresentatives.Thereps.runbacktotheirteamsandrepeatthedefinition.Theteamthenwritesthewordtheythinkisbeingdefinedonaslipofpaperandthe,runner?returnstotheT.Thefirstteamtoguessthewordandwriteitcorrectlyonpaperscoresapointandgetsthedefinitionofanot

26、herword.Note:-Don?twaitforalltheSStobetherebeforegivingthenextdefinition.It?sarace,sokeepthepaceup.Remembertorotatethemessengerfromtimetotime.Holdingbackothermessengersandgeneralviolenceshouldbeencouraged.9. HalfACrosswordPopularinsupplementaryactivitybooksforteachers.Splittheclassinhalf.Giveoneside

27、halfofacrosswordandtheothersidetheotherhalf.InseparategroupstheSScheckthemeaningsofthewordstheyhave,andalsothattheycandefinethemandusethewordsincontext.Pairthestudentsoffandgetthemtodefinethewordstoeachotherwithoutlookingattheirpartnershalfofthecrossword.(,Sitoppositeeachotherandholdupyourpaper?.)Ex

28、pressionssuchas,What?s14down?and,Tellme3acrossagain?arehelpful.Note:-Customisingacrosswordtoreviserecentvocab.canbetimeconsuming.10.PartsofSpeechBingoI?mnotoneforlabellinglanguage,butbrainstormwordsfromtheSSunderthefollowingheadings:-Verb(pastform)Verb(infinitiveform)Verb(pastparticipleform)Noun(cou

29、ntable)Noun(uncountable)AdjectiveAdverbPrepositionPronounArticleSSdrawsixsquaresonpaperandchoosesixoftheabove,headings?,writingoneheadingineachsquare.TcallsoutwordsandSSwritetheminthecorrectboxes.etc.Thefirststudenttof川alltheirboxesshouts,BINGO?,andcallsthewordsbacktotheTtocheck.Wordscouldinclude:-f

30、rom;gone;bought;took;bag;blue;pretty;been;the;slowly;mine;under;weather;with;lovely;traffic;beer;from;swam;flown;sandwich;flew;up;butter;oil;attractive;carefully;her.11.KimsGameFlashadozenorsoobjects(underasheetortablecloth)orpicturesofobjects(onanO.H.P.)totheSSforafewseconds.SSwritedownwhattheyreme

31、mber,andexchangetheirlistwithanotherS.ShowobjectsagainwhileSSmarktheirpartnerslist.Workswellwithclassroomthings,ruler,stapler,scissors,boardpen,pencilcaseetc.12.WhatsThisCalledInEnglish?Cutoutpictures,stickthemoncardandontheothersidewritetheword(andphonetictranslationifyoulike).SSmingleandholdupcard

32、sasking,What?sthiscalledinEnglish?SScan?tsitdownagainunlesstheycannamealltheitemsonhecards.13.WhereAreYouGoing?Usingpicturesofeverydayobjectstoimproviseadialogue.AWhereareyougoing?BTotheAWhy?BTogetE.g.Ifyouflashapictureofaspirins,thedialogueshouldbe:-AWhereareyougoing?BTothechemist?sAWhy?ATogetsomea

33、spirins.Flashamagazineandhopefor.AWhereareyougoing?BTothenewsagent?sAWhy?BTogetamagazine.Ifyouvefoundthislistuseful,pleasesendusyourclassroomideas.Iftheyreanygood,wellputthemonthewebpageandsharethemwiththeworld!CraigWealandTeachingVocabulary(3)(byCraigWealand)1. PellmanismTwosetsofcardsforeachgroup.

34、Onesetwithpicturesofobjects,theotherwiththewordwritten(withphonetics,ormaybeonlyphonetics).Placethecardsfacedownandmixthemup.EachScanturnovertwocards.Iftheymatch(e.g.thepictureofatreeandtheword,tree?),theSkeepsbothcards.Iftheydon?the/sheturnsthemoveragaintotheblankside,leavingtheminexactlysameplaceo

35、nthetable.Theideaasthegameprogressesistorememberthepositionofthepicturesandthewords.SSonlyhavetwochancestoturncardsovereachtime.ThewinneristheluckySwhohasthemostcardsattheend.Thisalsoworkswellwithcollocation,matchingverbsandnouns,forexample:-theAnswerthephonePullyourlegTellajoke2. VerbalGapFillReada

36、familiartexttotheSSoutloud(maybeatexttheyshouldhavereadforhomework,orawrittengapf川theydidlastlesson).StopperiodicallyandtellSStoshoutout(allatthesametime)whichwordtheythinkismissing.Encouragewordswhicharenotinthetextbutcouldpossible,fit?.Note:-Thiscanbedone,onthespot?,butitpaystogothroughthetextquic

37、klybeforethelessonandtargetthevocab.you?regoingtoomit.3. NonsenseWordsIfthefollowingwordsexisted,whatdoyouthinkthey?dmean?reget;Cecardback,excessage;sublunar;bidaily;punkly;postthink;Impossibiate;disrecommend;attendive.Whatpartsofspeech(noun?adjective?verb?)wouldtheybe?SensitiseSStopartsofspeechandc

38、ontextcluesbysubstitutingrealvocab.fornonsensewords.Someexamples:-ADidyouhavetodinghimsohard?BWell,hesmashedintomycar!ADidanybodycallthebonderfut?BNo,Idroveawayspankly.4.L1TranslationIfallyourSShavealanguageincommonapartfromEnglish,andyouknowittoo,whynotplaywithit.HowdowordstranslateintoSslanguage?L

39、etthemlaughatyourpronunciation,itmaymakethemfeelbetteraboutpronouncingEnglish,anditmaymakethewordsmemorable.DothewordshavethesamecollocationintheirL1?Whataboutfalsefriends?IfaSasksyoutotranslateawordfromL1toEngli(orevenifyoudo)beforeturningtoadictionary.Arethereanycontextualorcollocationcluestohelpg

40、uessthemeaningbeforeusingtranslation?IstheprepositionthesameinL1?Makeareservationsh,asktheclassifyoudon?tknow5. ButHowCanIRememberNewWords?Trythislittletest.Studythefollowinglistofwordsforaboutaminute,thenturnawayfromthescreenandwritedownonpaperallthewordsyoucanremember.Oildeathdolphintrianglecircus

41、stoolsharkPeachwhalenosepicklefortnightcloudstreamLovely-jublymountainsquarestaplerbreezebushButtonvalleycirclecraboniongrassDidyourememberthefirstword,oil?andthelastword,grass?Weoftenremembertheinformationwehearfirstandlast.Whatabout,lovely-jubly?It?sunusual,andthereforesticksinthemind.Didyouwriteyourwordsingroups?Fishtogether,shapestogether,naturewordstogether?Didyouwritewordsthatwerenotinthebox?Wetendtogroupwordst