Teaching+Vocabulary

====1- This can be done by pictures or by using the word itself. Show students some words and ask them if they know their meanings or not. By doing this the T will save time in introducing a word that Ss may know and at the same time allows others who know the word to explain it to others. (Taken from How to Teach Vocabulary by Thornbury). ====

====2- Another activity is to show students cards of difficult words that you anticipate that learners do not know. Then, the words they know they will explain them to each other. As for those they do not know, the teacher would explain them.====

Checking Their Understanding of Vocabulary:
T hangs papers of sentences that have gaps. Students go and check the gaps and the context of sentences. They have to decide what meaning is needed for this gap. Then,. the group send S.O to get a word from a pieces of papers that have words, then he gives it to them. They see whether it suits the sentence or not. If not they go back and choose another word or they find the sentence that this word can be put in. I haven't tried that, but would try it in my class next time.

Revising Vocabulary: That can be done by writing a word on a paper and then making students write any word that comes in their mind related to this word. Of course, each student shouldn't take much time writing words.