TESOL Planner
Menu
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Downloads
  • Sign In
  • Join
    • Posts About
      • Community Building
      • Reading
      • Vocabulary
    • Resources Pages
      • Acceleration in ESL

Vocabulary Knowledge Share

Vocabulary development is so important to a students’ ability to communicate on a particular topic. Unless you teach absolute beginners, chances are that your students will already have some knowledge and vocabulary on a topic. By having students share what they do know will help to improve the class’s overall knowledge on a particular topic.

 

This vocabulary share activity can be used to introduce a new topic or at any point that you want the class to build their vocabulary. It will also give your students a chance to explain the words that they do know, which will help them learn them even better. My students have enjoyed doing it, and it’s nice that it gets them up and out of their seats for a bit. Find the directions and document below.

Icon

Vocabulary Word Share 2 pages 100 downloads

...
Download

Directions:

  1. Pass out the vocabulary sheet or direct students to write on any piece of paper.
  2. Give them 4-5 minutes to work on their own to brainstorm all of the words they can think of that relate to the given topic. Ask them to write the words in the left-hand column.
  3. Next, ask students to walk around and talk to different classmates and see what words they have. Tell your students to add the new words they learn to the list. Tell them they can also write a note, definition, or translation in the right-hand column to help them remember the new word.
  4. As a whole class debrief, I asked students to call out some interesting words that they had learned and tell the class the meaning.  
  5. To extend this activity, you could assign as homework something related to the list of words. For example:
    1. Study the new words
    2. Write a sentence for each word using it in context
    3. Write a story using at least 10 words from your list  

 

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

  • Posted on August 22, 2018
  • By Jessica Aggrey
  • In Acceleration,Activity Ideas,Classroom Ideas,Vocabulary
  • Previous Next

Post Tags

ESL vocabularyschema buildingwords

About The Author

Jessica Aggrey
Jessica Aggrey is an ESL instructor at a community college in California. She has her master's in language instruction and is active in the fields of ESL and English composition.

Discussion

  • Pingback: Close Reading Knowledge Building | TESOL Planner

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

My Favorite Amazon Resources
Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links. What this means is that at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commision if you click through and make a purchase.
English for Everyone's English Grammar Guide is an amazing visual reference grammar book. My students and I love it.


This is a workbook that goes with the above grammar guide. It's also visual and provides students with great practice for topics they're struggling with and need more practice on.

Our Most Popular Downloads
Writing Strong Body Paragraphs

Writing Strong Body Paragraphs

Download
Academic Discussion Cards

Academic Discussion Cards

Download
Conversation Hour: Travel

Conversation Hour: Travel

Download
List of Common Errors Made by English Learners PDF

List of Common Errors Made by English Learners PDF

Download
Question Cards: Travel

Question Cards: Travel

Download
Links
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Submissions
Connect with Us



TESOL Planner   /   Theme By WordPress Download Manager

[ Placeholder content for popup link ] WordPress Download Manager - Best Download Management Plugin

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
%d bloggers like this: