Support for Teaching Vocabulary

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Teenagers: Vocabulary

Olha Madylus looks at strategies for teaching and learning vocabulary.

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Teenagers: Vocabulary: Activity: Survey

Students practise new vocabulary by asking each other how much they like these things. There is a lot of repetition, which helps memorisation and the students are asked for their personal opinions, which makes the practice more meaningful.

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Teenagers: Vocabulary: Activity: Categorizing language

An activity designed to help students recognize language categories.

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Teenagers: Vocabulary: Activity: Board games

Try this board game with your students to ensure meaningful practice of previously taught vocabulary.

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Teenagers: Vocabulary: Activity: How many words in?

This activity is designed to encourage students to pull out words they know from the storage area of the brain.

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Teenagers: Vocabulary: Activity: Definitions

A game to help students practise vocabulary from past lessons.

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Teenagers: Vocabulary: Activity: Class quiz

This is another great activity to help students revise previous material.

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Teenagers: Vocabulary: Activity: Class story

This is a good way to take the stress out of story writing and give students ideas about how to use vocabulary effectively.