Assignment C - Part 2.ii
Activities
Three follow-up activities for exploiting the authentic text with advanced students
✓ Before you begin, read the instructions and notes on the assignment platform and the relevant
section of Advice on Approaching this Assignment.
First Activity
a) A dictionary activity, for vocabulary and dictionary skills development AFTER the class have
read or listened to your selected text.
This could be used later in the same lesson or in another lesson. You can use the vocabulary items
you have selected for pre-teaching or make a different selection. The vocabulary must be from the
text or clearly relevant to the text.
Dictionary Race
Name of Activity
15 minutes
Time
Students will practice searching through a dictionary to find: (1)
definitions, (2) synonyms, and (3) antonyms of the 12 vocabulary items,
Aims
this will help students develop a life-long useful skill of how to search for
the meaning, form, and pronunciation of new words.
• Hand out a copy of the Dictionary race worksheet to each student
and a dictionary book.
• 'The teacher calls out a word and the students race to find the
word in the dictionary. This helps with spelling and finding their
way around a dictionary' {The TEFL Academy Unit 2 Part 1, see
bibliography for the full reference}.
Teacher’s Instructions
• Students will be instructed to search for the definitions,
synonyms, or antonyms of the 12 words derived from the
authentic text.
• Due to time constraints, it is noted that the: definition, synonym,
and antonym cannot be all found for each of the 12 vocabulary
items, meaning 36 tasks in a single lesson; to resolve this the
teacher will choose whether students must find the definition,
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, synonym or antonym for each vocabulary item, and the remainder
set for homework.
• A student will be chosen to mention the page number and read
the dictionary text for the item mentioned, this will be written on
the board by the teacher, then another student will be chosen to
do the same.
• After each word is found and mentioned in class by one chosen
student, all students must fill-in the appropriate box in the
worksheet
• Whiteboard marker pen
Materials • dictionaries x 15 books
• Worksheet with dictionary race activity x15.
Student Worksheet
Using a dictionary find the definition, synonym and antonym of each word listed:
Vocabulary item Definition Synonym Antonym
pandemic
spillover
Urged
Scrutiny
speculation
susceptible
hypothesis
controversy
transmission
administration
scenario
decipher
Second Activity
b) An activity which requires students to use online resources
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Activities
Three follow-up activities for exploiting the authentic text with advanced students
✓ Before you begin, read the instructions and notes on the assignment platform and the relevant
section of Advice on Approaching this Assignment.
First Activity
a) A dictionary activity, for vocabulary and dictionary skills development AFTER the class have
read or listened to your selected text.
This could be used later in the same lesson or in another lesson. You can use the vocabulary items
you have selected for pre-teaching or make a different selection. The vocabulary must be from the
text or clearly relevant to the text.
Dictionary Race
Name of Activity
15 minutes
Time
Students will practice searching through a dictionary to find: (1)
definitions, (2) synonyms, and (3) antonyms of the 12 vocabulary items,
Aims
this will help students develop a life-long useful skill of how to search for
the meaning, form, and pronunciation of new words.
• Hand out a copy of the Dictionary race worksheet to each student
and a dictionary book.
• 'The teacher calls out a word and the students race to find the
word in the dictionary. This helps with spelling and finding their
way around a dictionary' {The TEFL Academy Unit 2 Part 1, see
bibliography for the full reference}.
Teacher’s Instructions
• Students will be instructed to search for the definitions,
synonyms, or antonyms of the 12 words derived from the
authentic text.
• Due to time constraints, it is noted that the: definition, synonym,
and antonym cannot be all found for each of the 12 vocabulary
items, meaning 36 tasks in a single lesson; to resolve this the
teacher will choose whether students must find the definition,
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, synonym or antonym for each vocabulary item, and the remainder
set for homework.
• A student will be chosen to mention the page number and read
the dictionary text for the item mentioned, this will be written on
the board by the teacher, then another student will be chosen to
do the same.
• After each word is found and mentioned in class by one chosen
student, all students must fill-in the appropriate box in the
worksheet
• Whiteboard marker pen
Materials • dictionaries x 15 books
• Worksheet with dictionary race activity x15.
Student Worksheet
Using a dictionary find the definition, synonym and antonym of each word listed:
Vocabulary item Definition Synonym Antonym
pandemic
spillover
Urged
Scrutiny
speculation
susceptible
hypothesis
controversy
transmission
administration
scenario
decipher
Second Activity
b) An activity which requires students to use online resources
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