Travel
Phrasal verb for "to relax"
How would you present the word "tissue/Kleenex"?
use realia
to decrease
decline
Say both meanings of BEAR
the animal and to carry (mostly figuratively)
expression which means you choose a less popular destination, path, road
to get off the beaten track
How many new words do you think should be introduced in a class?
7 +/- (so all in all max 10)
to be enough
to be sufficient
Say both meanings of CHARGE
to fill with energy and to start running quickly toward sg or sb
a type of object which you can sit on at the beach and sunbathe
deckchair
What does it mean to know a word?
It's not only the meaning of the word. You should also be familiar with the spelling, the pronunciation, where to use it (the basics are MFPA).
And then synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, idioms and collocations, its translation, derivations, frequency.
It can be that you know the meaning of the word just by hearing it and you can't write it down, but it's not 100% knowledge.
to make people react strongly to a statement or question
to cause a stir
Say all meanings of WELL
a place where you get water from, a form of hesitation, and the adverb form of good
synonym for argument
row
How can you put words to work? What are different decision making and production tasks?
Decision-making tasks (from least to most cognitively demanding):
Identifying (e.g. find 5 phrasal verbs)
Selecting (e.g. odd one out)
Matching (e.g. verbs to nouns)
Sorting (put words into groups)
Ranking and sequencing (put words on a cline)
Production tasks:
Completion of sentences and texts (gap-fills)
Creation of sentences and texts
Being native to a place
indigenous
Say all meanings of DRAUGHT/DRAFT
the version before the final version, cool air moving between an open window and an open door e.g., joining the armed forces
expression to say that you don't have enough money so you have to solve everything cheap
(6 words)
get by on a shoestring budget
What is the mental lexicon?
an overlapping system in which words are stored as “double entries” - meaning and form (Thornbury, p.17)
make great efforts to achieve or obtain sg
to strive (for)
Say all meanings of HIDE
to put out of sight, to keep as a secret (hide the truth), the skin of an animal, old English unit of land area (120 acres)