Vocabulary in the ESL class

TEACHING VOCABULARY

ESL CLASS

8th February

Auxi Domínguez

teacheroursidethebox@gmail.com

THE ROLE OF VOCABULARY

Words are the glue to connect ideas and make stories

PASSIVE VOCABULARY

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

TEACHING/LEARNING PROCESS

KNOWING A WORD MEANS

01 Identify

04 Collocation

02 . Meaning

05 Use it

03. Pronunciation/ Spelling

06. YOU CAN TEACH IT

A Creative Teacher is....

You are creative if you .....

Your touch

Open-minded

Surprise

Flexible

Take Risks

Go with the times

Curious

Motivate

Diversity

Child

Comfort zone

Play

Would you like to be a student iN your class?

How to teach Vocabulary?

Use

Remember

Present

Learn a word in 3 steps

Time to work!

Teaching with Images

Present

Remember

Use

• Flashcards

• Hidden image

• Find the sound

• Picture Dictionary

• Pictionary

• Building up pictures

• I spy

• Dixit

• Draw the idiom

• Emojis

• Connecting

• Cards

• Word of the day

• Visible things

• What am I?

Creative with Minimal Resources

Use

Remember

Present

• Walls

• Who has the word?

• Mind map

• Matching

• Mirror words

• What´s this?

• Cards

• Find your match

• Post it

• Mnemonics

• My friend likes

• Dictation

• Traffic Lights

• Memory

• Growing list

• Lego Bricks

• Vocab spirals

• Bingo definitions

• Give me my ten

• Dictionary Race

• Spinner

Some digital tools

9. Canva

1. Wordwall

5. Learning apps

2. Padlet

6. Kahoot

10. Genially

3. Flipgrid

7. Quizlet

11. Classtools

4. Wordle

8. Mentimeter

12. Triptico Plus

Teaching with Music

Remember

Use

Present

• Inspiration

• I heard this sound

• Listen to Sounds

• Change the lyrics

• Get rid of the word

• Categories

• Emotions

• Mime the song

• Semantic Fields

• Metaphors

• Anagrams

Teaching with Movement

Present

Use

Remember

• Ping Word

• Gym

• Snowball Fight

• Pass the ball

• Performing picture

• Treasure Hunt

• Clozes

• Verb Motion

• Drama

• Walking Galleries

• Twister

• Simon says

• Musical Chairs

• Spelling race

Teaching with Realia

Remember

Present

Use

• What's in the bag?

• Cover your eyes

• Change the place

• Objects for a story

• Post its

• What´s in my pocket?

• Newspapers

• My senses

• Brochures, magazines

• My city

• Recreate

• Instructions

• Auction/ catwalk

Don´t forget to have fun

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I´m Possible

Thanks

@Teacheroutsidethebox