Week+10+-+Vocabulary

Here are few websites and video clips from our Discussion Board posts on teaching vocabulary.

__**Websites:**__ Everything ESL This site includes some great tips and information for teaching vocabulary to English learners. It would be a great resource for any teacher, including general education classroom teachers who may also have English language learners in the classroom.

Teaching English Vocabulary This site has lots of great information about teaching vocabulary and includes different methods for doing so. It would be useful for teachers of all levels, especially intermediate and advanced.

Colorin' Colorado There are great strategies for teaching vocabulary on this site, including ideas for scaffolding, pre-teaching, and using outside resources, such as television and audio books.

Vocabulary Games and Activities A great site for students of all levels to use. There are even games to practice slang words and idioms. This could be a great resource for students at home or in a computer center in the classroom.

__**Video Clips**__ Vocabulary Demonstration This is a teacher training video for an English curriculum called "Genki English". In the video the creator of this curriculum demonstrates to teachers how to use the lesson plans. His demonstration of teaching vocabulary can be used with any kind of curriculum. He's energetic and so are his strategies, which is sure to keep kids engaged!

Teaching Vocabulary - gradable opposities The teacher discusses and then demonstrates a good strategy for teaching gradable opposites in a way that reduces the amount of teacher talk-time. This video series includes many different tips and techniques for teaching ESL students.

Basic Prepositions of Place This video is a good introduction to some basic prepositions of place: in, on, under, over, in front, behind. It includes visuals and hand motions to get students involved. Even though it's a silly video, the song can be used with both children and adults.

Schoolhouse Rock - prepositions This video is a great way to review some easier prepositions and introduce some more difficult ones, including prepositional phrases.

Vocabulary - vegetables A good video for learning vegetable vocabulary. This would be great for students to use at home for review or as self-study.