Great Website To Develop Students Vocabulary
Technology has made it dead easy to learn a foreign language. I can still remember all the difficulties and hardships I went through when I was learning French and German and now that I see all that technology offers to students to learn a new language I just wish I had them back then it would have been not only way easier but more fun too. An important part in the process of learning a language is learning its vocabulary. The richer this latter is the more freedom and possibilities learners have in expressing themselves and communicating messages via the target language. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has some cool web tools to help you or your students master vocabulary.
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Daniela Tomatis, Italy Daniela Tomatis is a teacher at Scuola Media Villanova Mondovì, Cuneo, in the north of Italy. She is interested in vocabulary teaching and memory techniques. She enjoys trying new activities. E-mail: dan.ro@tiscalinet.it Menu
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by Kimberly Tyson, Ph. D. Vocabulary and its strong relationship to comprehension has been verified over and over again. Vocabulary plays an important part in learning to read as well as reading to learn. We also know that increasing vocabulary knowledge plays a large part in overall school success and has a direct impact on comprehension. Effective vocabulary instruction is a key foundation to helping students acquire a wide and diverse vocabulary.
Suffixes Word Formation Game
Suffixes Word Formation: Practice suffixes word formation by playing this interactive ESL board game. Prefixes, suffixes and root words are great skills to learn. Students with good skills will most often be able to guess the meanings of unfamiliar words by breaking down the words using these skills. Choose whether to practice suffixes word formation by navigating a treacherous galaxy filled with green monsters, a sea filled with pirates or a river filled with crocodiles. Either way this will keep your heart pounding. Suddenly English grammar practice is no longer boring with these games.
Synonym Worksheets
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Note writing
You can use it at the beginning or end of a class as a fun filler, or as an integral part of your lesson. Give out a sheet of A4 paper (219mm x 297mm) to each student and ask them to watch and follow your instructions.Hold up your paper and fold it in half. Then fold it in half again and then again. Press hard on the paper and then open it out. The folds should have divided the paper into eight rectangles. Use the fold lines to tear the page into eight rectangular pieces of paper.
Expanding Vocabulary, One Schools Creative Idea (ARTICLE)
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When did you last...?
Submitted 9 years 2 months ago by admin. This is a simple activity to set up and gives Elementary level students plenty of opportunity to speak and practise using the past simple. Preparation Write up on the board: When did you last go to a restaurant?
Ambiguous Sentences
I came across this headline in the Wall Street Journal: Republicans Grill IRS Chief Over Lost Emails This type of sentence has great possibilities because of its two different interpretations: Republicans harshly question the chief about the emailsRepublicans cook the chief using email as the fuel It’s a perfect tool to: demonstrate careful reading, showcase the need for editing, and encourage creativity and divergent thinking. Even More Meanings
Blog Archive » Furniture vocabulary
Furniture vocabulary is one of the easy areas for learners of English. However, I think that it never hurts if the students experience some success. In this post, there is a video with all the words, an infographic and three games to practise the vocabulary. Furniture vocabulary – video Start your lesson with the vocabulary film. Listen and repeat the words and then say the English word for the furniture that you see in the picture.
16 Websites to Teach and Learn Vocabulary
There are now several web tools that are really great in teaching vocabulary and that you can use with your students in the classroom. We have curated a list a list of some of the best web tools to teach vocabulary. Check them down below.
Doing it differently looks at the way we teach vocabulary. It says that the old way of doing things may not be the most effective and gives strategies to consider when teaching vocabulary. It also provides other materials and resources for teaching vocabulary. by ttribou Jul 24
Six easy steps to follow when introducing new words - focuses on student's understanding and not teacher's "coverage". Offers different ways for students to learn. by amayberry1 Jul 2