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The tips emphasize building vocabulary through attribute cards and picture supports, reinforcing language with board games, and extending learning through contact assignments and field trips. It also covers dictation pairs, environmental print activities using signage for repeated word recognition, and balanced instruction across the four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Additional guidance explains teaching grammar via color-coded word cards.","Spring Institute for International Studies  \nE L T  \nTechnical Assistance for English Language Training Projects 1997-1998 Sponsored by the Office of Refugee Resettlement  \nABC’s for Tutors: 26 Teaching Tips  \nby Shirley Brod, Spring Institute for International Studies  \nA letter in parentheses in bold type refers to another tip.  \n1. Attribute Cards  \nTeach your students words for describing-colors, sizes, shapes, adjective opposites (thick/thin, tall/ short, easy/hard), etc. -so they can use these cues to describe objects they want to know the names for. Use pictures to illustrate the concepts to be sure they understand: Page 11 of the 1998 Oxford Picture Dictionary is an excellent source. Or make your own picture posters or large index cards (see sample below) and display them for easy reference. Then take turns posing and solving riddles: “It’s in this room. It’s brown. It’s square and made of wood. It has four legs. What is it?”(a chair)  \nWhat shape is it?  \n\n| | | | | |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| triangle square circle rectangle oval |  |  |  |  |\n\n2. Board Games  \nFor a change of pace, and to give your students extra opportunity to practice any previously-taught vocabulary, use super-simple, enjoyable board games. Draw a set of boxes around the sides of a piece of paper, marking one square as the Start/Finish. For vocabulary review, turn a picture face-down on each square. For sight-word practice, use word cards instead-or use a mixture. Provide a colored paper clip or piece of paper with initials as game pieces for yourself and for each player. Toss a coin-heads, move one square; tails, two. When players land on a square, they turn over the piece of paper and name the object or read the word.  \nYou can make the game harder by requiring that a sentence or a question be made for each item, or the item has to be described (using the attribute words, above, which you’ve been practicing.)  \n\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n3. Contact Assignments and Field Trips  \nAfter you’ve taught vocabulary, bring it to life by having students locate the items at a relevant site. 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