Carlos Islam, The University of Maine
Ivor Timmis, Leeds Metropolitan University

These activities are only available as a download because they are fairly long and provide full reading texts. They are related to the THINK article - Lexical Approach 1 - - What does the lexical approach look like?

We recommend you look at these classroom activities after you have read this THINK article and before you read the other THINK article - Lexical Approach 2(coming soon).

These classroom activities are based on reading texts and provide classroom materials that are informed by the lexical approach. There are also questions for you, the teacher, to answer that will help you reflect further on your understanding of the lexical approach.

Lexical Approach Activity 1

This download contains two reading texts with classroom materials.
Both reading texts relate to the topic of School Days.

The materials are suitable for classes of intermediate level and above.

There is also a description of the aims or goals of the teaching materials and there are questions for you to reflect upon as a teacher

Download Activity 1 worksheets 18k pdf >>
Lexical Approach Activity 2

This download contains a single text which describes a memorable occasion.

There are 14 ideas for how to exploit this, or any similar, text and how to draw students' attention to the lexical items in the text. These activity types are provided with comments to explain their purpose.

The materials are suitable for classes of intermediate level and above.

Download Activity 2 worksheets 15k pdf >>

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