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Use the dictionary

Practice in dictionary use, for classes where all the students have
dictionaries - either monolingual or bilingual.

Procedure: Give a set of six to ten English words the students
probably do not know yet. They find out the meanings of as many
as they can from the dictionary within a given time: three minutes,
for example. Check the meanings.
This activity can be used to prepare the vocabulary they are
going to meet in their next reading passage.

Vocabulary steps

Vocabulary review.
Procedure: Draw a series of steps on the board. Write 'warm' on a
middle step. Ask the students to suggest words they could write on
the other steps, which are warmer or colder than the word 'warm'.
The students can use a Thesaurus, if they have one.

Variation 1: Take any set of concepts, which can be graded
objectively. For example, metals can be graded according to value.

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