This project aims to introduce new English words to a seventh grade class using a website (http://www.abababc.com) especially designed to expand the vocabulary to learners of several languages, English among them. This strategy is designed as a result of the need to teach English vocabulary through a dynamic, fun activity in order to increase and maintain the motivation towards the subject.
Audience:
Twenty 7th. grade students, with ages ranging from 10 to 12 years old, with a basic knowledge of English.
Steps:
1.Classroom activity: Teacher and students will read a short authentic text including some of the new words that appear in the Web page. They will look for the gist of the reading and discuss the pertinent contents. Students will highlight the unknown words as they read.
2.Online activity: Students will access the website and work on the assignments designed by the teacher. They will write down the meaning of the previously highlighted unknown words.
3. Follow-up activities
-During the next class, the teacher will write on the board a list with all the new words of the class, ask some reading comprehension questions about the text and discuss the contents of the reading to see if the recently acquired words have added any new meaning to it.
-Teacher will encourage students to practice using the new vocabulary words each day in general conversations.
Schedule: Content and activities are going to be posted per week.
Structure:
At the first stage, students must work individually at home. However, parents’ guidance and supervision are advised.
Evaluation:
Students’ performance will be assessed through three different instruments:
1. The running report provided by the website that lets teachers see the grades the students have achieved in each category or the customized assignments created for them.
2.The reading comprehension worksheets handed out in the classroom.
3.This strategy might also be evaluated through regular term tests.
Resources:
http://www.abababc.com
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