Teaching vocabulary is very important in English language classes. If students really need to know a word, you should teach it to them for either active use and production or for passive recognition and understanding. The number of vocabulary items you should teach in a lesson depends on the level of your students. When their […]
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Five Typical Lesson Plans You Need to Have
As a teacher of English to young learners, lesson planning is very important. As a matter of fact, lesson plans for teachers are considered as a road map for reaching the target learning outcomes and achieving the objectives of each lesson as quickly as possible. In the kindergarten and primary stages, teachers focus mainly on […]
10 Fun Activities to Teach Phonics, Reading, and Vocabulary
Activity 1: TPR and Vocab (Listen and Do). Steps to do the activity: Divide the students into teams. Give each team member a vocabulary item – e.g. a color. Each member of each team has one color. Tell each member their color or give them a card with that color. Then, say: “If you have […]
How to Improve Your Vocabulary Thanks to 3 Easy Steps
Vocabulary is one of the keys to develop your language skills. With this in mind, you should decide to improve it and increase your stock. If you try the following three easy steps, I’m sure, you will make a success. Here they are: 1. Read and listen: Step number one to improve your vocabulary is […]
Five Effective Strategies to Make Vocabulary Stick
Many experiments demonstrated that vocabulary forgetting starts as soon as learning happens. So what can be done? Research shows that there are some effective strategies teachers can use to help make vocabulary learning stick. The following are the main five of them: 1. Use peer explanation: Ask students to explain what they’ve learned to their […]
Some ideas to show the meaning of new words
You don’t need to explain all new words to your pupils When children learn their first language, they do not learn all the new words they meet at the same time. They learn words they are interested in, or words their parents feel are useful. Children can often understand the meaning of a story, or […]