How many of you have never complained about your students' lack of studying skills, poor memory ability and the sort? In a world where the remote control and the keyboard are dominant tools, what could we expect? - Immediate disposable knowledge, of course!
This activity was intended to address that issue.
This activity was intended to address that issue.
CONTEXT: after two lessons working on the topic Family (all the vocabulary had been worked before, except for the ...-in-law compounds, which were added as a challenge); delivered as a surprise activity at the beginning of the third lesson.
AIMS: developing studying skills; raising word formation awareness; reflecting on the amount of work done.
EVALUATION: The surprise element and the score control by the students engaged them; concentration levels seemed higher than normal; the scores mirrored the students' proficiency levels; they seemed to understand the need for organised vocabulary lists; more time was needed than previously expected (15 minutes, rather than 10).
REMARK: You don't need elaborate fashionable activities to help students improve their studying/ learning skills!
Dear student:
1. Click on the worksheet; enlarge the picture; copy and paste it on a Word document; print it and you're ready. 10-15 minutes will be enough to fill in the chart. Check the words you don't know in the dictionary.
2. Build other vocabulary lists. Organise them in a way that makes sense to you.
3. Notice any patterns (-tion, -er, -ment... as endings of nouns, for instance).
REMARK: You don't need elaborate fashionable activities to help students improve their studying/ learning skills!
Dear student:
1. Click on the worksheet; enlarge the picture; copy and paste it on a Word document; print it and you're ready. 10-15 minutes will be enough to fill in the chart. Check the words you don't know in the dictionary.
2. Build other vocabulary lists. Organise them in a way that makes sense to you.
3. Notice any patterns (-tion, -er, -ment... as endings of nouns, for instance).
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