It´s always a real problem getting students to remember and then recall vocabulary, isn´t it? What is the trick? Well, your activities need to be memorable! Here are a couple of fun activities which work on clothes vocabulary and will appeal to your kinesthetic, visual and linguistic students.
1. Statues
Recap clothes vocabulary. Ask ss to stand up and move round the room. When you give a signal, they stand back to back with a partner. Then they try to remember what the other student is wearing.
2. You Have Changed
Divide ss into groups of 4- 6. Each group is to study the other groups. Ask them all to turn away and make some changes to their appearance, eg. exchanging pullovers, changing a watch from one wrist to another, removing rings, etc. They present themselves to the other group who has to point out as many changes as possible.
Recap clothes vocabulary. Ask ss to stand up and move round the room. When you give a signal, they stand back to back with a partner. Then they try to remember what the other student is wearing.
2. You Have Changed
Divide ss into groups of 4- 6. Each group is to study the other groups. Ask them all to turn away and make some changes to their appearance, eg. exchanging pullovers, changing a watch from one wrist to another, removing rings, etc. They present themselves to the other group who has to point out as many changes as possible.
3. Spelling Game
Divide the class into teams. Each team takes it in turns to add a letter to a word and each letter must contribute to a word in English related (in this case) to clothing, BUT the team which completes the word loses and the opposing team is awarded a point.
Eg. Team A says H. Team B says A. Team A says T.. Therefore team A loses as they have completed the word HAT!
