CELT
VOCABULARY ANALYSIS FORM
Lesson Planning - TP 6
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Word/phrase What does the word mean? Pronunciation
How are you going to write How are you going to check meaning? e.g. Write the stress and phonemes
the form on the board? pictures/mime/CCQs (remember to provide to aid pronunciation
(stress, p.o.s) answers to CCQs)
1. Expensive Meaning: Something that costs a lot of Pronunciation: /ɪk
money ˈ spen.sɪ v /
Use pictures to demonstrate the Other ways to say: high price; you need to spend a lot of
contrast of cheap and money Word stress: The primary stress
expensive; use whiteboard and Antonym: cheap falls on the second syllable, "-pen-."
phonemic transcript for Common mistakes: wrong word
individual sounds, indicate CCQs: stress; final ‘e’ is pronounced; in
stress, if necessary. 1. Is ‘expensive’ an adjective or a verb? (Adjective) isolation initial sound is [e] instead of
2. Do we use 'expensive' to describe things or [i]
people? (Things and service)
3. Does an expensive thing usually have a high price
or low price? (High price) use gestures
4. If food costs a lot at a restaurant, is it expensive or
cheap? (expensive)
- Elicit from students:
Can you tell me something that you think is expensive?
Can you name food that is often expensive?
Do you think expensive things are always good
Examples: diamond ring; sport car; a flat in
Dubai; Lobster or Steak
Synonyms: costly, fancy
Other ways to say: high price; you need to
spend a lot of money
Antonym: cheap
Form:
Adjective: expensive
Comparative form: more expensive
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Superlative form: the most expensive
Adverb: expensively
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'inexpensive' means not expensive (opposite)
Appropriacy: no issues
2. Speciality Meaning: the 'best' or 'favourite' dish that the Pronunciation: /ˌspeʃ.i
restaurant cooks really well. It's the food they are ˈæl.ə.ti/
Show different restaurants famous for. (While the word is not completely
dishes, elicit from the students, unfamiliar, its specific usage could cause confusion Word stress: the main stress is on
provide paraphrasing. for some students). the third syllable.
Common mistakes: Ss may add
- Students may confuse the meaning of 'speciality'
initial [e] sound as common in
with just anything special.
Spanish.
- May confuse with an adjective
CCQs:
1. Is it a thing(noun)? (yes)
2. Can we say 2,3,4 specialities? (yes)
3. Is a speciality something ordinary(usual) or
something unique (special)? (unique/special)
4. Can a speciality be something that a person or a
place is famous for? (yes)
Synonyms: Best dish, favourite, top dish.
(in the context)
Example: Our speciality is the homemade
pasta.
Paraphrase: Our best dish is the homemade
pasta.
Form:
- Countable noun: plural: specialities
a/the – articles
- Appropriacy: can be used in various contexts,
beyond just food and restaurants:
- a subject that someone knows a lot about
VOCABULARY ANALYSIS FORM
Lesson Planning - TP 6
A
Word/phrase What does the word mean? Pronunciation
How are you going to write How are you going to check meaning? e.g. Write the stress and phonemes
the form on the board? pictures/mime/CCQs (remember to provide to aid pronunciation
(stress, p.o.s) answers to CCQs)
1. Expensive Meaning: Something that costs a lot of Pronunciation: /ɪk
money ˈ spen.sɪ v /
Use pictures to demonstrate the Other ways to say: high price; you need to spend a lot of
contrast of cheap and money Word stress: The primary stress
expensive; use whiteboard and Antonym: cheap falls on the second syllable, "-pen-."
phonemic transcript for Common mistakes: wrong word
individual sounds, indicate CCQs: stress; final ‘e’ is pronounced; in
stress, if necessary. 1. Is ‘expensive’ an adjective or a verb? (Adjective) isolation initial sound is [e] instead of
2. Do we use 'expensive' to describe things or [i]
people? (Things and service)
3. Does an expensive thing usually have a high price
or low price? (High price) use gestures
4. If food costs a lot at a restaurant, is it expensive or
cheap? (expensive)
- Elicit from students:
Can you tell me something that you think is expensive?
Can you name food that is often expensive?
Do you think expensive things are always good
Examples: diamond ring; sport car; a flat in
Dubai; Lobster or Steak
Synonyms: costly, fancy
Other ways to say: high price; you need to
spend a lot of money
Antonym: cheap
Form:
Adjective: expensive
Comparative form: more expensive
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Superlative form: the most expensive
Adverb: expensively
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'inexpensive' means not expensive (opposite)
Appropriacy: no issues
2. Speciality Meaning: the 'best' or 'favourite' dish that the Pronunciation: /ˌspeʃ.i
restaurant cooks really well. It's the food they are ˈæl.ə.ti/
Show different restaurants famous for. (While the word is not completely
dishes, elicit from the students, unfamiliar, its specific usage could cause confusion Word stress: the main stress is on
provide paraphrasing. for some students). the third syllable.
Common mistakes: Ss may add
- Students may confuse the meaning of 'speciality'
initial [e] sound as common in
with just anything special.
Spanish.
- May confuse with an adjective
CCQs:
1. Is it a thing(noun)? (yes)
2. Can we say 2,3,4 specialities? (yes)
3. Is a speciality something ordinary(usual) or
something unique (special)? (unique/special)
4. Can a speciality be something that a person or a
place is famous for? (yes)
Synonyms: Best dish, favourite, top dish.
(in the context)
Example: Our speciality is the homemade
pasta.
Paraphrase: Our best dish is the homemade
pasta.
Form:
- Countable noun: plural: specialities
a/the – articles
- Appropriacy: can be used in various contexts,
beyond just food and restaurants:
- a subject that someone knows a lot about
