Morphological typology

ADAPTING A READING FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS TO FOCUS ON VOCABULARY

Student: Omonturdiyeva Madina

When adapting materials, some teachers might think only about how to make them more accessible for beginners or lower level students; however, materials can also be adapted to be more challenging to meet the needs of more advanced learners. In this Teacher’s Corner activity, teachers learn how an article can be adapted to raise the level of its vocabulary.
The reading, “Iditarod: Annual Sled Dog Race,” from the journal English Teaching Forum, focuses on Alaska and the annual 1,000-mile dog race across the state. There are a number of readings in this resource
During this activity, students will be able to:  Use an article about Alaska to practice using and manipulating new vocabulary  Recognize and define new vocabulary words from the Academic Word List (AWL), highlighted in the reading  Change highlighted words to appropriate synonyms  Rewrite sentences so that highlighted words must change their form to a different part of speech
MATERIALS
Copy of the original reading “Iditarod:Annual Sled Dog Race” (for teacher)
 Copies of the adapted reading with highlighted AWL vocabulary (see Appendix A)
 Access to dictionaries and thesauri (print or online
PREPARATION
 Read the article (Appendix A) and practice completing this exercise prior to asking students to complete it
 For each student, make a copy of the article with the AWL vocabulary highlighted (Appendix A)

• Begin class by putting students into small groups and asking them to share what they know about Alaska. As they discuss, offer some other topics related to the state of Alaska. They can then discuss what they know or guess as to what these topics might mean.
• a. For example, ask them to discuss the climate, geography, people, etc.
• b. As the students discuss the topics, write the name of the article on the board: “Iditarod: Annual Sled Dog Race.”

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