Simple Warm-up Vocabulary Exercise: "Word Webs"

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Use this simple yet very effective warm-up exercise to expand the vocabulary of your students.
Pick a word and create a word web that maps out the new word. Here is what you can put in each cloud around the target word: 1) meaning, 2) part of speech, 3) pronunciation, 4) translation, 5) sentence, 6) collocations, 7) category, 8) synonyms, and 9) antonyms.
Word webs help your students organize information and learn and remember new vocabulary words. Use them as a warm-up activity in your class and you will see that your students will have a much better understanding of what the new word means.
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Based on my experience, word webbing is a very effective technique for vocabulary building. I also include word associations which I ask the students what makes them happy and they connect it in their daily lives. I also use word webbing in other subjects. Thanks for sharing!

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That's a good idea, Miss M! Word associations work well too!

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Thank u so much Sir for ur efforts ,for collocation there is another useful one which is happy Birthday

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Thank you for sharing this video i liked it but i think that it takes a lot of time as a warm up activity

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Thank you! You can always adapt it to your class. Word webs don't need to be time consuming, and yes, you can definitely use them in class. You can do one as a warm-up activity at the beginning of the class or use a variation of it when explaining new words. Here is an example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZqWqp-QpJmIfNk. Start watching at 5:40.

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I love your creativity and meeting you was a bleesing. I learnt about word webs at the teachers College. Word web greatly help a lot.

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Good, I understand the word has a different connection whit the other word and we can learn in the process.

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Thanks for the video! Haven’t tried this up yet, so there comes a follow up question: what to do if you already have a collocation/combined forms in your source vocabulary? (e. g. have a shower, get dressed etc)

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There's no need to use everything what's on my list. Just use what is relevant for your class.

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Thank you very much! What city are you from? I can't answer your question in a few sentences because I need to see the books you are using to give a meaningful response. Your students need to develop the reading skills that will enable them to not only comprehend texts in English or pass the exams, but also obtain what they need to deliver a written/oral response. The following reading strategies usually help: previewing, contextualizing, visualizing, Q&A sessions, summarizing, skimming, scanning, paraphrasing, etc.

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Good day, Val! Thank u 4 the game. While watching this video it came to my mind to use it with grammar material. My students are studying gerund and infinitive now. I consider it'll be good to write 2 cloudes "Gerund", "Infinitive" and add words and phrases used with them!?

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Great idea! Word webs are not carved in stone. You can improvise and use them for anything you want as long as it benefits your students.

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Hello, teacher Val! Thank you very much for your videos! They are really helpful to me as I'm not an experienced teacher. Could you, please, answer my questions? I ca't understand. Makeing a word web seems to be very time consuming. So, you have to spend quite much time to make even 1 word web with 1 word. So, can it be used for learning many new words? And is it possible to use the technique on a lesson?

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Good question. Word webs are not time consuming, and yes, you can definitely use them in class. You can do one as a warm-up activity at the beginning of the class or use a variation of it when explaining new words. Here is an example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZqWqp-QpJmIfNk. Start watching at 5:40.

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Thank you! Teaching writing is definitely on my list.

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This also (after some modification) doubles as a great way to introduce new kanji to students learning Japanese!

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Thanks I think also we can use this word web in teaching Arabic

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You can turn on the subtitles by clicking on the CC icon at the bottom of this video.

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In this video, I explained the concept, but you can adapt it to the level you are teaching. :)

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Include a few phonics elements in your class. It will help.

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WARM UP ??? Sorry, but this is a Class Killer

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Haha. How is this a class killer? :))

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[@Teacher-Val]

@@kevtherev8194 Sounds like a great warm-up for the little ones. Word webs, however, are aimed at the higher level students.