Hi all, Junko here.
In the beginning of a new chapter, we always spend one day only for new vocabulary (I'm not sure if this is necessary, but that's what our syllabus says!)
Just "teaching(lecturing)" new vocabulary is not much fun even if I use lots of authentic pictures, so here is what I do.
Prepare a blank bingo sheet. You can easy make one with Excel.
Here are the steps.1. Have your students fill out all the blanks with the new vocabulary.
2. Then have them think about questions that they can make using the grammars from the previous chapter, and the new vocabulary.
Ex: Which do you like better, skirts or jeans?
What kind of fruits do you like the best?
3. A student asks one question to a classmate. If the classmate answers grammatically correctly, the student can cross the blank. Keep asking until all the blanks get crossed.
Students have to ask 9 different questions to 9 classmates.
This is a good way to have them memorize new words while having fun!
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