Vocabulary Activities
Vocabulary Activities
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Brainstorming
Brainstorming
Brainstorming is a great formative activity. It gives the tutor a quick guide to what learners already know (including the related vocabulary) and understand about a certain topic.
Brainstorming also gets learners into the mode of thinking about the topic and what might be covered.
Record ALL ideas without any judgmental comment. Then try to group ideas with the class, identifying any themes, categories or connections.
Clines.pdfClines
Clines
A cline is a graded sequence of words whose meanings go across a continuum.
Looks at “shades of meaning”.
Helps reinforce understanding and add new words to learners’ vocabularies.
Clustering Voc.pdfClustering
Clustering
Organising sets of key words from a text into specific groups in order to encourage the learners to think about and discuss the meaning of words and the relationship between words.
Pair Definitions.pdfPair Definitions
Pair Definitions
A pair activity where one partner writes their own definition of what a word means, then has their partner work out what the word is from their definition.
Read-with-understanding-8-Predicting-and-defining-new-words.pdfPredicting and Defining
Predicting and Defining
The purpose of this activity is to raise the learners’ awareness of key words and to encourage them to think about their understanding of what these words mean.
Word & Definition Activity.pdfWord and Definition Barrier Activity
Word and Definition Barrier Activity
Matching words with their definitions activity.
Helps learners recall definitions and check their understanding.
Word Maps.pdfWord Maps
Word Maps
Word maps help learners brainstorm words that relate to a single focus word.
They also help the tutor find out what vocabulary learners already have.
Finally, it helps extend learners vocabulary and link their knowledge to the focus word, using synonyms, antonyms and word families.
Word Wall activity plan.pdfWord Walls
Word Walls
A word wall is an organised collection of large print words on the classroom wall.
A word wall helps to create a print rich environment for learners, and can be a wonderful tool that is designed to promote group learning.
Learners can create word walls related to specific topics.
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