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Learning New Words
Performance Objective:
Performance Objective:
By reading the video script, students will be able to identify new words, and try to guess their meanings by the context with 100% accuracy.
Resources or Materials Needed
Resources or Materials Needed
- Computer
- Smart Board
- iPads
- Video Transcript (printed)
Time:
Time:
120-minute lesson
Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activities
Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activities
Gain Attention: Ask learners about a time when they were talking to someone in a second language and suddenly they could not find a word to express their ideas. How did they feel? What did they do? Have they been doing something to improve their vocabulary? Access a slide presentation below.
Build Motivation: Tell them reading is a great way to improve their vocabulary. Watching their favorite programs subtitled in the language they are learning is also useful.
Step 2: Content Presentation
Step 2: Content Presentation
Tell the students they are going to read the transcript from the video they watched in lesson 1. While they are reading for the first time, ask them to type different words they encounter on their iPads. Second time reading, they should try to guess the meaning by the context. Use a collaborative tool for this activity; click on the picture to access the word list document and share with your students.
Step 3: Learner Participation
Step 3: Learner Participation
At this step, students will try to type possible meanings or synonyms for the words. After this activity, there will be a vocabulary revision, discussing it with the whole class.
Step 4: Assessment
Step 4: Assessment
Students will complete an activity to assess performance. Vocabulary activity using Google forms. Click on the picture to access the form.
Step 5: Follow-Through Activities
Step 5: Follow-Through Activities
Learners will be asked to make sentences using the new words to enhance retention.
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