Reading and teaching new words

Reading and teaching new words

Student’s age: 14

Level: pre-intermediate

The text taken from ‘Open Doors’ by Norman Whitney

PART 1

East 2 West

David and Ann are duo which is currently the most popular in Britain. The band,

‘East 2 West’ started only eight months ago and they have two big singles. At the moment they’re recording their latest song ‘Forever, Forever’.

At seventeen, David is the younger of the two. He’s tall and handsome and has a smile that all girls love. He’s also the one who writes most of the songs for the duo.

The other member of the band is Ann Chang whose nickname is Badger because she collects a lot of badges. Most of her badges she designs herself. Ann is the singer whose talents include designing clothes for herself and David. She designs all those wonderful hats and multicoloured leggings she wears on stage. Ann likes wearing things which are different. She has different badges when she’s doing different things. Ann has dancing badges, working badges, she even has working badges which she wears when they are in the studio

Name

David Watson

Ann Chang

Place of Birth

Sheffield, England

Hong Kong

Age

17

18

Height

1.83m

1.67m

Weight

80 kilos

59 kilos

Hair

Long and fair

Short and brown

Eyes

Light blue

Brown

Favourite colours

Purple and dark green

Pink, red and yellow

Favourite clothes

Old-fashioned jackets, sweaters, baggy trousers, and light blue trainers

Big hats, multicoloured leggings and boots

Hobbies

Listening to music, chess and cycling

Dancing, aerobics, designing clothes for the duo and collecting badges

Vocabulary from the text:

1. Words that students can guess:

similar to Polish: popular, singles and collect (especially when pronounced in English), talent, sweater, studio

words based on the roots: young(-er), record(-ing), sing(-er)

borrowed From English commonly using in Polish: leggings, aerobics

2. Words to pre-teach: duo, latest, member, nickname, badge, fair, shirt, designs,

clothes, stage, trainers, tie, skirt, weight, baggy, boots,

multicoloured, old- fashioned

3. Active vocabulary: multicoloured, aerobics, baggy, leggings, old-fashioned, tie,

boots, nickname, trainers, clothes, fair, sweater, skirt, shirt,

PART II Vocabulary Presentation

Activity 1: pre-teaching:

T writes the word to pre-teach in a column on the BB then gives either context to the written word, definition in English, shows the meaning of the word or shows pictures.

T: Duo is when two ...