1. Learning Languages
Improving language learning skills in ESL or Foreign Language
classes
Valerie Rho
LIS 560, Spr 09
2.
Language is hard to learn 3. When not practiced, language is
hard to retain 4. Saying words or sentences out loud will help with
retaining and recalling vocabulary and pronunciation
Activity: 2 words in a sentence
Teacher brings in an item that fits the level of learning for
the class 5. Students are broken into groups of 3. 2 groups compete
at a time 6. The item is produced by the teacher. 7. 2 members of
the group each say a vocabulary word that describes the item 8. 1
remaining member of the group has to use the two vocabularies
provided by group members to construct a simple sentence 9. Group
wins item as prize
The Cotton Candy is pink and sweet.
10. Activity: Bingo
Class plays bingo with vocabularies learned in class
Winner of bingo must say all the words out loud
Winner gets prize
