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TEACHING LEXIS, Collocations + chunks – occupy and intermediate zone…

- - - - record lexical items in useful ways
      - revisit lexical item pages
      - collect lexical items
      - sort and classify items
      - chunk and collocation spotting
      - redesign your pages
      - when an error comes up, review a range of collocations
      - record real language
      - challenge students to upgrade language
      - give collocations rather than definitions
      - quick choices
      - guess the collocation
      - chunk watching
- - - - match the words with the pictures
      - check the meaning of these words in the dictionary
      - match the words with the definition
      - brainstorm words on a set topic (ie collect as many as you can)
      - divide these words into two groups (eg food words and hobby words)
      - label the items in a picture with the right names
      - complete gapped sentences with words from a list
      - discuss a topic (that will feature in the text)
      - say which words (from a list) you expect to be in a text about…
  - - - deal with an item when a student specifically asks about
      - give brief, to-the-point explanations/translations, rather that detailed presentations
      - offer help quietly to the on/two students who ask, rather to the whole class
      - sometimes refuse help and tell students to do their best without knowing some items