Assignment A Vocabulary Teaching Table
- Use this table to help you think about how you will teach the 12 vocabulary items you have selected from the ‘What made me the way I am’ text for pre-teaching. Two examples are given to show you how to use it. The table is for the teacher, not the students.
- For pronunciation, you may find one of these sites helpful: http://www.phonemicchart.com/transcribe/ https://easypronunciation.com/en/english-phonetic-transcription-converter
| No | Item | Meaning | How meaning will be conveyed to students | Pronunciation (Transcription and Word Stress Pattern) | Grammatical and other information | Concept questions (if needed) |
| 1 | Diplomat | An official representing a country abroad | A person appointed by the state to conduct a diplomacy with other international organization or states | ˈdɪpləmat | Noun | Is it good or bad to be a diplomat? Why? |
| 2 | Expected | Anticipated, something regarded as like | Write down your expected monthly income | ɪkˈspɛktɪd | Adjective | I’m getting monyh end.. Every last day of the month I…a salary. |
| 3 | Mines | An excavation in the earth for extracting coal and other minerals | Show a picture of miners underground. | mʌɪn | Noun | People working underground are called miners because they work at the…? |
| No | Item | Meaning | How meaning will be conveyed to students | Pronunciation (Transcription and Word Stress Pattern) | Grammatical and other information | Concept questions (if needed) |
| 4 | Demonstrations | An act of showing that something exists | Showing anything is true by giving proof or evidence | dɛmənˈstreɪʃ(ə) | Noun | His… Of the need for computer corpora in language study is convincing |
| 5 | Conventional | Based in accordance with what is generally done or believed | A conventional mortality had dictated behavior | kənˈvɛnʃ(ə)n(ə)l | Adjective | |
| 6 |
Alternative |
Available as another possible choice | Of one or more things | Adjective | If I can’t get the school on the given number I can always call them in the… Number? | |
| 7 | Determined | Have a firm decision | Alina was determined to be heard | Noun | Alina wanted to pass the exam so she had to be… to study hard | |
| 8 | Planning | The process of making plans for something | Eventa needs order planning | ˈplanɪŋ | Noun | Jimmy wants to through a 21st birthday party, that will need some …..? |
| 9 | Unpopular | Not liked / known | Unpopular measures | ʌnˈpɒpjʊlə | Adjective | Jay was a boring nerd surrounded by cool kid… Do you think Jay was popular? Why? |
| 10 | Rejected | Unacceptable or faulty | Anna’s university application to get to university was Rejected | rɪˈdʒɛkt | Verb | When your university application is not acceptable that’s means it’s possibly??? |
| 11 |
Protests |
Action of expressing disapproval | Show a picture | ˈprəʊtɛst | Noun | When the government doesn’t hear the complains of the people.. They most likey to ?? |
| 12 | Communities | A group of people living in the same place | Show a picture of community people | kəˈmjuːnɪti | Noun | We had a meeting as residents.. We were in a… Meeting? |