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A Way with Words

Explore the world of words with multiple contexts, using songs, games, and buzzwords. Enhance vocabulary through rich information on word usage. Engage in activities like Call My Bluff and Oxymoron. Improve speaking and writing skills creatively.

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A Way with Words

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  1. A Way with Words wordplayforhigherlevelstudents

  2. What is this…?

  3. and what do we use these for…?

  4. Phillip Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva, Frank, Gertrude, Henry, Imogen, Jake, Katie, Lawrence, Mary, Nigel, Orla, Rhonda, Steve, Tegan, Vera, Wilbert

  5. Multiple Contexts «Learners need to meet words in a wide variety of contexts in order to gain an appreciation of the true range of a word’s usage» -Schmitt and Carter (2000) « rich information on a variety of aspects of knowing a word including collocates, grammatical patterns, word families, related meanings and homonyms» - Nation (2001)

  6. NoteShe’d left a quick note on the fridge door saying she was leaving him.«Can I borrow your lecture notes-I couldn’t go this morning?»He noted with a certain amount of guilty pleasure that his neighbour’s lawn was looking decidedly shabby.It’s very difficult to get change for a hundred Euro note

  7. Come Come ComeCome ComeComeCome Come Come

  8. crazy hide lonely keep feelings want get burning mean

  9. Use songs to «mine» vocabularyGet sts to rewrite simple songs by replacing the basic vocabalso focus on stress, syllable count Shout! TFF/Hey Jude/I Will Survive…

  10. A Kennel of…

  11. An unkindness of…

  12. A Flamboyance of…

  13. A Parliament of…

  14. A dazzle of…

  15. A Convocation of…

  16. A Conflagration of…

  17. A Tantrum of…

  18. A Flock of…

  19. A Body of…

  20. A mindfulness of teachersA mindlessness of _______A/anterrorof teensA phonology ofaccentsA/an ____________ of wordsA/an _____________ of mistakesA structuring of ___________A _______ of grammarA learning of ____________A/an ______________ of presentations

  21. It’s Hip to be SquareBuzzwords 1904-2015

  22. BuzzwordsarticleSpanishbuzzwordsKey (Buzz) Word TransformationsBuzzwordsCallMy BluffUse in speaking and writing

  23. Find

  24. Rose Petals (from Space) Civet Musk Castoreum Hyraceum Virgins

  25. Games:Hangman- word and sentencePictionaryStop the busTabooOutburst5/10 wordsonlyAdjective sketchAdv/Adj/Noun/Verb/AdverbLongestsentence101 uses of..Callmy BluffSporcle

  26. Writing and SpeakingShort, guidedwritingtaskswith a situation and a number of specificvocabitemsto be included.Contextsentenceforvocabcards.Freerwritingtasksallowingtheststo show whatthey’velearnt.Specificspeakingtopics.Word cardsthatstshaveto use whilstspeaking.Mock interviews and role play.

  27. Oxymoron «An epigrammatic effect, by which contradictory terms are used in conjunction»

  28. ___________ readyAlmost ______________________ culture____________ crimeDry ______________Extremely _________

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