so a teacher can not be creative that much.

 

as a student i �m supposed to go through 2 training courses

 

the 1st should be at college where we present a 20 minutes lesson infront of our supervisor

 

the 2nd is when we go for teaching practice in schools for a year.

 

i �m in the 1st training course. I �m supposed to present a lesson for 20 minutes but i was wondering

 

 

 

 

so any creative ideas ?????

 

I think this is one of the best way to introduce vocabulary words in classes like ours. when you finish this activity, try to make a fill in the blanks exercise where students have to fill the gaps in the sentences with one of the vocabulary words they have learned.

 

I wish you best of luck

Your Ss are 14 and above, then I suppose they are intermediate and above, right?

In taht case you could you use a �bleep � game to introduce vocab. You will have to work a lot, though. Select the vocabulary you want to teach, not more than 10-15 words for intermediate and upper intermediate Ss. Invent a coherent story (or use the text in your coursebook if the vocabulary is from a lesson you want to teach). Make sure your 15 words are in that story. Then make some word cards. One word per card.

First, read the story and ask some general Qs before reading, so that Ss should concentate on the answers for your Qs. Choose easy Qs that do not require the new vocab to be answered. This way, your Ss are exposed to the text and the new vocab and they get the gist of what it is about.

Put your Ss in groups and give each group a set of cards. Then you read the text a second time. This time you make a �bleep � whenever you come across one of those 15 words. Ss must find a suitable word to fill in your  �bleep �. They are supposed to arrange the word cards on their tables in the order the words appear in the text. At the third reading, slower Ss can catch up - you still read, but let them say the words.

 

Another idea would be The Definitions Auction. Write definitions for the vocab selected. Some definitions must be incorrect or foolish. Ss work in groups. They are given an imaginary amount of money, let �s say $100. You read the word and give the definition. Groups must decide if the definition is correct or not. In case they think it is correct they can �buy � your words (have the words written on big cards). You auction the words and sell it to the group who gives you the largest amount of �money � (you could use paper money, there are lots on the net). Keep the score and a clear evidence of the words auctioned (I keep it on whiteboard : write the words one under the other and next to the word write the group who bought it and the sum they paid for it) If words remain unsold you write NB next to them (not bought). When you finished the 15 words, you go back to the NB and try to sell them again. Finally, you discuss with your Ss the words and definitions and see the winners: the groups with the most correct sentences (if there are 2 with the same nr, see the amount of money left - who has more left wins).

Hope these ideas help.

Gabitza

 

You may actually benefit by having to wing it in using the �outdated � equipment you mentioned. Many, many new teachers I see and evaluate rely on  datashows  too much.  They depend on them  and are not fully expanding their own inner skills as teachers and human beings. 

As they said you can use

Flashcards

Pictures

 

or put the new words in a simple , nice and funny sentences.

It is nicer if you put the new words in sentences about your students or yourself.

 Then ask them to put the new word in a sentence. I am sure they will give u a nice one

Have a nice time,

Noor

This one is great fun. Hopefully, you don �t have a big class, but i believe it can be adapted to be played in groups, while sitting. You can have the vocabulary written on a piece of paper, turned into a board game.
http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?display:984035570-25791.txt

 

I want to discuss each one of you

 

 

 

 

 

would you mind explaining more about the bingo game ?

 

 

 

 

 

I liked the matching excercise I �ll try to  practice on that thank you :)

 

 

 

yes intermediate and above . the problem in my country is that in college you choose to either teach primary Or (intermediate + secondary)

 

I chose intermediate+secondary so i �m still not sure where am I going to practice or teach in the future

 

by the way I really LOVED you second idea I will absolutely practice it. thank you ;)

 

 

 

 

yes I agree with you. not everything can be introduced with PPT. but i also don �t want to be traditional like write the new vocab on the board and tell  the meaning and have my students write them in their notebooks. but i �m really enjoying the ideas everybody here is giving me :)

 

thanks for passing by ;)

 

 

 

 

you i �ve read that its always fun to students to learn through themselves you know what I mean .. like talking about themselves

 

 

 

 

can this be done for intermediate and secondary stages ???

 

 

 

 

 

WOW, I like the game thank you very very much I �m very greatful

 

 

 

 

It was really fun reading those ideas thank you very much teachers

 

 

with Love,

 

Dalya