(Example sentence) You’ll have to _ hard up this hill.(Definition) What do you call a bicycle for two riders, one behind the other?.
(Example sentence) They _ with delight when they heard our news.(Definition) Which word means to become red in the face because you are embarrassed or ashamed?.chewy)Īllocate a topic, and get students to create quiz questions for each other using the dictionary definitions and example sentences.ĭefinitions: one student gives the dictionary definition and their partner guesses the word.Įxample sentences: one student picks an example sentence from the dictionary entry, and replaces the topic vocabulary with a gap.Īppearance > Appearance > Facial expressions
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They are all completely free to access at ! Using Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries Topics pages Well, on the Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries website we have done just that, and we hope that you and your students will find our new Topics pages useful. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to access word lists where vocabulary is collected together in this way, with words levelled according to CEFR levels, and linked up to dictionary entries showing pronunciation, meanings and examples all at the click of a mouse or a single tap? Using topic vocabulary to enhance learningĬollecting words together in topics has long been seen as a good way to help students learn vocabulary. My own personal “Health” topic vocabulary has grown to include such words and phrases as self-isolation, social distancing and herd immunity. Along with new ways of working, teaching and learning, we are even adopting a new lexicon to help us talk about it. These days, there might only be one topic of conversation in the news, on social media, and in our own chats to friends and family.