Конспект занятия (словарной работы) по теме «English - a Language of the World» (7 класс)

Method

Before starting, give each person a copy of How to Define Words? sheet.

Go through the section of words on useful words briefly. Write a few words on the board and ask for suggestions as to how to define them, e.g. up-to-date, hard, helpful, etc. Tell the students to have this sheet handy during the activity.

Divide the class into A and B groups (2-4 students per group). They sit in front of each other. Give each group the appropriate crossword and allow them time to check through the words they will need to define before starting. If necessary, give individual help at this stage.

Explain that they have to take it in turns to ask for a word that is missing from their crossword. They simply ask: What’s 5 down? What’s 2 across?, etc. The other group now try to give as clear a definition as possible to help them guess the word.

Set a definite time-limit and stop the students at the end of it, whether they have finished or not.

They can now compare crosswords and check any words they didn’t fill in.

You can follow up by asking the groups to explain how they defined one or two words from the crosswords.

Half a crossword: English – a Language of the World Group A

Some of the words in the following crossword are missing. Group B know what they are. Group B also have some words that are missing from their crossword. They are the words at the bottom of the worksheet.

Take it in turns to ask each other for a missing word. You can ask: What’s (3) Across? What’s (7) Down? etc.

Half a crossword: English – a Language of the World Group B

Some of the words in the following crossword are missing. Group A know what they are. Group A also have some words that are missing from their crossword. They are the words at the bottom of the worksheet.

Take it in turns to ask each other for a missing word. You can ask: What’s (3) Across? What’s (7) Down? etc.

How to Define Words?

average, adj. – usual, ordinary, standard

cope, v – deal effectively with something difficult

drill, n. – training someone by doing things again and again

disappoint, v. – sad or unhappy because the things you hoped for do not happen

forget, v. – to fail to remember

hard, adj. – difficult to understand or solve

helpful, adj. – giving or ready to give help; useful

idiom, n. – a group f words used together as a word combination with a special meaning

interpret, v – to translate sb’s speech into another language

interpreter, n. – this person translates speech orally

memorize, v. – to learn by heart

modern, adj. – up-to-date, not old-fashioned

necessary, adj. – needed to be done, achieved

old-fashioned, adj. – not modern; favouring traditional ideas or customs

polite, adj. – not rude; showing behavior that is respectful of other people

practise, v. – to exercise a particular activity regularly

realize, v. – to understand clearly; to cause to happen

rude, adj. – impolite or bad-mannered

up-to-date, adj. - modern

useless, adj. – useless