Thanks and acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Confidence and dictionary skills-building activities
1.1 Getting to knowyour dictionary
1.2 Finding the words you want quickly
1.3 Finding the words you want quickly 2
1.4 Spellcheck
1.5 Alphabet warmer
1.6 Alphabet practice: Code breaking
1.7 Navigating the dictionary: Where is the letter?
1.8 Navigating the dictionary: Where is the word?
1.9 Is that a realword?
1.10 Navigating the dictionary: Parts of speech
1.11 Navigating the dictionary: Labels
1.12 Navigating the dictionary: Using guidewords and signposts
1.13 Navigating the dictionary: Using guidewords and signposts
1.14 Locating multi-word items
1.15 Definitions
1.16 Example sentences
1.17 Dictionary quiz
2 Vocabulary-building activities
2.1 Learner training: Recording vocabulary
2.2 Definitions writing, matching and concentration
2.3 Definitions bluff
2.4 Collocations i: Make and do
2.5 Collocations z:Verb + noun
2.6 Collocations 3: Adjective + noun dominoes
2.7 Word building 1
2.8 Word building 2
2.9 Word building 3
2.10 Word building 4
2.11 Word building 5
2.12 Word building 6
2.13 Word families
2.14 Comparatives patchwork
2.15 Adjectives: Positive or negative?
2.16 Understanding connotation
2.17 Multi-word expressions
2.18 Expressions: Opposites?
2.19 Phrasal verbs
2.20 Common lexical errors: Correction
3 Grammar activities
3.1 Grammar codes
3.2 Countable and uncountable nouns
3.3 Uncountable nouns
3.4 Recipes
3.5 Plurals
3.6 Dependent preposition wheels
3.7 Dependent prepositions: Error correction
3.8 to or-ing?
3.9 Common errors: Transitive and intransitive verbs
3.10 Grammar auction
4 Pronunciation activities
4.1 Syllables and stress
4.z Stress: Two syllable nouns and verbs
4.3 -ed endings
4.4 Homophones
4.5 Minimal pairs
4.6 Odd one out
4.7 Rhymes?
4.8 Rhyming slang
4.9 Bespoke tongue twisters
4.10 Short short stories
5 Reading and writing activities
5.1 Reading: Meaning and context 1
5.2 Reading: Meaning and context 2
5.3 Confusables
5.4 Formal or informal 1
5.5 Formal or informal 2
5.6 Text completion
5.7 Academic writing: Discourse markers
5.8 Punctuation
5.9 Mini-stories
5.10 The dice game
5.11 Extreme dialogue writing
5.12 Fairy story
6 Quick activities
6.1 Picture this! Memory game
6.2 Spelling
6.3 Topic brainstorm
6.4 Senses brainstorm
6.5 Idioms brainstorm
6.6 Vocabulary box
6.7 Describe and draw
6.8 DIY pre-teaching
6.9 Associations
6.10 Hairy headlines
6.11 Categories
6.12 Name cards
7 CD-ROM and electronic dictionary activities CD-ROM activities
7.1 Exploring your dictionary
7.2 Idioms
7.3 British and American English
7.4 Pictures
7.5 Lexical chains 1
7.6 Lexical chains 2
7.7 Haiku Electronic and online dictionary activities
7.8 Concordances and corpora
7.9 Word and phrase origins
8 Specialized dictionaries Bilingual dictionaries
8.1 Word maze
8.2 Production dictionaries Picture dictionaries
8.3 Memory game
8.4 Picture snakes Phrasal verb dictionaries
8.5 Phrasalverb + noun shuffle
8.6 Pelmanism Idioms dictionaries
8.7 Keywords in idioms
8.8 Idioms in the media
Resources
Index