Proposed by Mary Frentzou
e-mail: marifrent@yahoo.com
VOCABULARY GAMES and ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG LEARNERS
ADVANTAGES
Games and activities in the teaching of everyday language:
-Allow teachers to recycle language
-Give practice in different skills
-Change pace of lesson
-Motivate
-Improve concentration and attention
-Reduce teacher dominance for a while
-Serves as a reward for good behaviour
-Learners can pick up new language in a natural way
-Bring social benefits
SELECTION
Think about:
-Suitability for age
-Practicality
-Time required
-Actual language practice
-Familiarity
-Teacher' confidence
MANAGEMENT
It helps if you:
-Teach basic phrases in English
-Write out instructions and explain them both in English and students' language
-Demonstrate at least once
-Have a trial run
-Plan seating, groups, etc., beforehand
-Be firm about starting and stopping
Some Sample Activities
1.Find the words. There are five colours and five numbers.
F O Y M T W E N T Y
I T E L E V E N F Q
V S L O N E
P R W S
E G L W H I T E D H
B R O W N F L D S V
P E W P T H R E E G
Q E Y R O T S I H L
L N B L A C K S P N
Colours Numbers
. ........................... .......One..........
............................ .......................
............................ .......................
............................ ......................
........................... .......................
2.Find the weather words
SHININGBLOEINGWETCOLDWIDHOTCLOUDS
1..shining......... 2................... 3.....................
4.......................
5....................6...................7.....................
3.Cryptic message
Our tlenap is in greand!There is oto humc srbubhi.
Our planet is in danger!There is too much rubbish.
4.Wordmaker
Make a word or phrase from each letter of the word "plastic". You get a point
for each correct word.
5.Word finder
How many words can you find in the word misunderstand?
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