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STEP 1: Observe

Getting Started

• What’s in your dictionary?

• Lucky Dip

• Alphabetical order

• Alphabet quiz

• Examine your page

STEP 2: Recognize

Working with Headwords

• Syllable Maze

• Word Race

• Can you find them?

STEP 3: Associate

Working with meaning

• What’s in common?

• It’s got something to do with…

• More than one meaning

• Call my Bluff

STEP 4: Organize

Vocabulary development

Learning vocabulary can be a question of

learning how to organize it in a meaningful

way. Words can be organized by TOPIC or

STRUCTURE, as well as by PRONUNCIATION

aspects, amongst others.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

� Dictionaries, Jon WRIGHT, Resource Book for Teachers, OUP

� Oxford Pocket Català, 4th

ed, OUP

� Oxford Student’s Dictionary, 2nd

ed, OUP

� English Plus 1, Student’s Book iPack, Unit 9, OUP

� www.quizlet.com

� www.text2mindmap.com

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STEP 1: OBSERVE. Getting Started

• What’s in your dictionary?

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WHERE? Observations

Pictures Definitions Translations Pronunciation Running Heads Cultural

Information

Text Messages Periodic Table

Elem.

Interpreting

Graphs

Videos

• Alphabetical Order

Chips

Fish

Beef

Mushrooms

Carrots

Prawns

Peas

Cheese

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• The Alphabet Quiz

1. What is the letter before Y?

2. What is the letter after O?

3. Which consonants come before and after E?

4. What are the two letters after G?

5. Which letter is missing?

F G H I K L M

1. Which letter is missing?

W U T S R Q

• Examine your page

1. What are the first and last headwords?

2. Which is the longest headword?

3. How many adjectives are there?

4. How many headwords do you already know?

5. Can you find a compound word?

6. Which has most different meanings?

7. Can you find an irregular verb?

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STEP 2: RECOGNIZE. Working with Headwords

• Syllable maze

Oxford Pocket Català, 4th ed, pages 614-15

Oxford Student’s Dictionary, pages 244-45

gy fin mum task cian mug se multi muf ton musi cu um mu ing mut

my mus lar

able gross ment joy nough en e enter light en ed en thusiast tain en ic en ing

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• Word Race

DICTIONARY

• Can you find them?

YES NO How can you

find it?

Happiest

Explorer

Heard

Easily

Feet

How did you look it

up?

Meaning

We caught him red-

handed

He appeared out of

the blue

He went white with

fear

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STEP 3: ASSOCIATE. Working with meaning

• What’s in common?

Daisy Carnation Rose Violet Poppy

__________________________________________

Odd one out. Why?

__________________________________________

• More than one meaning

train play book watch

a. What’s the name of the ________ you are reading?

b. The ________ to London leaves at 3.00pm

c. He bought her a gold ________

d. We’re going to see a ________ by a new author next week.

What’s in common? They are all…

Look up the words in the dictionary and check the meaning of

the words as VERBS. Write down an example of each.

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STEP 4: ORGANIZE. Vocabulary Development

English Plus 1, Student’s Book, Ben Wetz &Helen Halliwell, OUP, p. 82