 Categories
Aim
To develop awareness of phonemic sounds in English and practise vocabulary.
You need
Paper.
Procedure
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Give the students between six and ten categories of things, e.g. food, colours, countries, clothes. The lower the level of your group, the broader the category should be. |
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Ask the students to work in pairs. Give the class a vowel sound from the phonemic chart, e.g. /i:/ as in sheep. Give everyone three minutes to try to find one word for each category that contains the sound. |
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After three minutes, stop everyone. Pairs get a mark for each correct word that contains the sound and is in the right category. Give extra points if a student thinks of a word that you have taught in the last week. |
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