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Ten Fun Ways To Learn Vocabulary In The Language Classroom

1. Emoji Prompts – I have written about emojis in my Vocabulary Builder Post which I highly recommend checking out. If you are teaching a topic for which you can find emojis, use them! Emojis are current and something that students can related to. I created this set of ‘sports’ emojis on the messages app on my Phone. You could do the same for: food and drink, jobs, modes of transport, technology, numbers, directions and the time, for example. Get students to write down the vocabulary for any words they know first, then add more ideas in pairs and small groups and finally, complete the activity as a group. In order to do something with this vocabulary, ask students to write about the sports they and their friends/family like or dislike.

2. Odd One Out – this one pretty much does what it says on the tin. Choose four words related to the theme you are talking about, 1 of the words has to have an ‘odd one out’ element. This activity works well as a starter to introduce a topic. It can be used to teach new vocabulary, but is also a good method to recycle old vocabulary that will be used in the ‘new’ topic. Quite often, I find that different students will choose a different ‘odd one out’, to what I had originally considered. If this is the case, as long as they can justify their choice, in the target language, they should get the credit.