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Contentid | 18584 |
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Content Type | 4 |
Title | Checking Vocabulary While Practicing Circumlocution |
Body | Renée Marshall is a Research Assistant at CASLS. Her interests are in bilingualism, bicultural identity, second language acquisition, and language policy and advocacy. She taught French at both the high school and university level. She earned her Master's in Education from UC Santa Barbara in 2011 and her M.A. in Romance Languages from University of Oregon in 2014. This activity has two goals: to check if students know certain vocabulary words and to help students practice successful use of circumlocution to describe the meaning of the word. This activity should be used after students have been exposed to and have had ample opportunities to practice the assigned vocabulary. This is a way to gauge student vocabulary knowledge and also to help them to practice an invaluable language skill: circumlocution. Circumlocution in language learning is when you talk around the word; you describe it; you try to express the meaning of the word without actually using the word itself. In this way, even when students do not know a particular word, they can still express their ideas through circumlocution. Objective(s):
Resources: Check your vocabulary handout Procedure:
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Source | CASLS Activity of the Week |
Inputdate | 2014-11-20 18:05:25 |
Lastmodifieddate | 2014-11-24 03:10:29 |
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Publishdate | 2014-11-24 02:15:01 |
Displaydate | 2014-11-24 00:00:00 |
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