The washing line - teaching clothes vocabulary

This is a good vocabulary activity to use with younger learners.

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Ece Sevil, Turkey

To teach the names of clothes, I have my students cut a page of a newspaper in the shape of a hat, gloves, trousers, etc. Then, using a washing line and clothes pegs, I ask my students to hang their projects on the washing line. My students repeat the names of the clothes after me. After teaching the vocabulary of clothes, I ask them to close their eyes while I hide some of the clothes. A few seconds later I ask them to open their eyes and name the missing clothes and then to find them.

This activity is both very useful and enjoyable for my students.

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Submitted by SUPERESTRELLA on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 17:58

I´ll try this actitivity with a particular student who is really hard at communicating.. please send me more skills and tasks on speaking with this particular type of too much "quite students".!! I think I´ll obtained my Doctorate with him..ufff

Hi Nageeb
You could use this activity with primary school children with a very low level of English. Timing would be approximately 20 - 30 minutes depending on your learners. Younger students will need more time (and help) to cut out the clothes. You could split this over two classes - cut out the clothes and then play with them next class.
Sally

 

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