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Humanising Language Teaching Year 6; Issue 1; January 2004
Pass the Objects
Primary, secondary and adult
PA MS GB
Time: 5 minutes
Level: Beginners
Material: Some small “holdable” objects, which have a predominant
colour, e.g. a blue dog.
Focus: Teaching the names and colours of common everyday objects,
adjective – noun, adjective – adjective word order
Procedure:
If possible, sit in a circle so that passing the objects around from student to student
is natural.
. Choose an object and name it by saying for example:
. 'This is a blue dog'. The student on your right takes the objects and repeats this
is a blue dog while passing it to the student sitting beside them. This continues until the object has been around the circle.
. As the activity continues and students understand the activity, you can pass
objects more and more frequently and rapidly so that the pace doesn't lag.
Comments:
Besides teaching vocabulary, this activity reinforces the idea that in English
the adjective goes before the noun.
Objects should be chosen while keeping in mind the age of the students. We
use common objects found in the office for adults learning English in their company.
For more advanced learners you can add more descriptive words to introduce
word order. E.g.'This is a soft cuddly blue dog.' Next, give students an object and ask them to come up with three adjectives to describe the object.
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