Vocabulary Teaching

Corpus-Based Lessons For Primary Levels

Topic: ‘-ing’ vs ‘-ed’ adjectives

Designers: Chung King Chi; TAM, Haau Ying

Target Students: Primary 6

Corpus Used: Lextutor Concordance (2k Graded)

Class Duration: One double lesson (80 mins in total)

A corpus-based innovative approach to vocabulary teaching and learning

Topic: Quantifiers: ‘a few’ vs. ‘few’; ‘a little’ vs. ‘little’

Designers: Chen Jingwen & Cheng Man Chun

Target Students: Primary 5 to 6

Corpus Used: Lextutor (2k Graded Corpus)

Class Duration: Double Lesson (70 minutes)

‘a few’ vs. ‘few’; ‘a little’ vs. ‘little’

 

Topic:  Differentiating “many”, “much”, and “a lot of” 

Designers:  Huang Wen Yan, Xiao Dong Fang, Lee Pui Yu, Fu Yang Xi, & Yeung Ga Man 

Target Students:  G2 or G3 in Hong Kong 

Corpus Used:  Lextutor-Disney script 

Class Duration:  60 mins  

“much”, “many”, & “a lot of” 

 

Topic: Corpus-aided Vocabulary Teaching – “be made of” and “be made from”

Designers: Zhong Jiayi, Tong Pui Fung, Zhang Yifan

Target Students: Primary 6

Corpus Used: Lextutor (2k Graded+ Disney Scripts)

Class Duration: 70 mins (double lesson)

“be made of” and “be made from”

 

Topic: Differentiating the usage between the adjectives and adverbs of manner

(“-ly” adverbs).

Designers:  Choi Hoi Ling, Du Xi, Huang Anbing, Valladares Eric William, Wang Qingli

Target Students: Primary 6

Corpus Used: COCA

Class Duration: 60 mins

adjectives & adverbs

 

Topic: “Do”, “Play”, “Go” with Sports

Designers:  Chen Qi, Chen Xiayun, Feng Yongxin & He Fangheng

Target Students:  Primary 3

Corpus Used: COCA, iWeb

Class Duration: 100 mins

“Do”, “Play”, “Go” with Sports

 

Topic: Movie Festival and Marvel Superheroes

Designers:  Lu Lu, Zheng Menghua, Chen Suwen, Zhu Min & He Huiyi

Target Students:  Primary 6 of upper level

Corpus Used: Lextutor (2k Graded)

Class Duration: One double lesson (80 mins in total)

“borrow” and “lend”

 

Topic: “Go”, “Play”, “Do” with Sports

Designers:  Chen Yanyi, Lai Saier, Sun Yawen, Chen Lintaining & Chen Lu

Target Students:  Primary 5

Corpus Used: BNC – Collocation

Class Duration: 55 mins

‘go’, ‘play’ and ‘do’ collocate with sports

 

Topic: Do or Make

Designers: Ma Qing Angel; Lin Shanru

Target Students: Primary 5 to 6

Corpus Used: Words and Phrase

Class Duration: 40 minutes

Lesson 1_do or make

Worksheet 1_do or make

 

Topic: Say or Tell

Designers: Ma Qing Angel; Lin Shanru

Target Students: Primary 5 to 6

Corpus Used: Corpus Concordance English

Class Duration: 35 minutes

Lesson 2: Say or TellWorksheet 2: Say or Tell

 

Topic: Quantifiers: Much vs. Many

Designers: Cheung Man Yan, Cheng Ka Kei, Yuen Sze Lok & Cheung Tin Yat

Target Students: Primary 6 students

Corpus Used: Corpus of Contemporary American English

Class Duration: 40 minutes

Much vs. Many

 

Corpus-Based Lessons For Secondary Levels

Topic: Differentiating ‘switch on’ and ‘open’

Designer: Wong Po Yin (Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School)

Target Students: Secondary 1, mixed-ability level

Corpus Used: Word and Phrase

Class Duration:  Double lesson (70 minutes)

Lesson Plan: Differentiating ‘switch on’ and ‘open’

 

Worksheet: Differentiating ‘switch on’ and ‘open’

 

Topic: Unpacking the structure pattern of ‘suggest’

Designer: LONG Yun (The Affiliated School of South China Normal University)

Target Students: Senior secondary 

Corpus Used: SKELL (https://skell.sketchengine.co.uk)

Class Duration:  40 minutes

Unpacking the structure pattern of ‘suggest’

 

Topic: Differentiating ‘read’, ‘watch’, and ‘see’ in context

Designers: Wong Yui Wan & Xian Ruixi

Target Students: Secondary 1

Corpus Used: Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)

Class Duration: 105 minutes

Differentiating ‘read’, ‘watch’, and ‘see’

 

Topic: Amazed vs Amazing

Designers: Ma Qing Angel; Lin Shanru

Target Students: Junior Secondary 1 to 3

Corpus Used: Corpus Concordance English

Class Duration: Two Class Periods (35mins + 35mins)

Amazed vs Amazing

Topic: Spend vs Cost

Designers: Mei Fang; Zhang Yu

Target Students: Junior Secondary 2

Corpus Used: Lextutor Concordance

Class Duration: 90 minutes

Spend vs Cost

Topic: farther & further

Designers: Zhu Kaiwen

Target Students: Senior Secondary 2 or 3

Corpus Used: COCA

Class Duration: 45 minutes

farther & further

Topic: Differentiating “high” & “highly”

Designers:  Xie Yuqi; Gao Yue, Luo Xinyi, Xia Fang, Yin Hui, Zha Lin

Target Students: Junior Secondary

Corpus Used: COCA

Class Duration: 70 mins (double lesson)

“high” & “highly”

 

Topic: Differentiatingborrow” and “lend”

Designers:  Chan Tse Ying, Chen Yimin, Liang Zhucheng, Song Fangning, Zhang Xinyu

Target Students: Junior 2

Corpus Used: COCA

Class Duration: 45 mins

“Borrow” and “lend”

 

Topic: Differentiating cost, spend & pay

Designers: Guan Weizhong; Wu Tingting; Yan Jiahao

Target Students: Junior Secondary

Corpus Used: wordandphrase

Class Duration: 45 mins

“cost, spend & pay”

 

Topic: Differentiating five phrasal verbs with “take”

Designers:  He Yingyan, Zhong Ling, Chong Chi Hing, Au Wing Yee, Chan Fun Man

Target Students: Senior Secondary

Corpus Used: COCA

Class Duration: 50 mins

“take over”, “take against”, “take off”, “take apart”, and “take after”

 

Topic: Phrases with the word “way”

Designers:  Li Mengdi, Qian Duo

Target Students: Junior secondary

Corpus Used: COCA & Youglish

Class Duration: 60 mins

“On the way”, “by the way”, & “in this way”

 

Topic: Differentiating “hard” and “hardly”

Designers:  Li Linshan, An Siyu, Sun Ying, Zhang Ling

Target Students: Junior secondary

Corpus Used: COCA

Class Duration: 70 mins

“hard” and “hardly”

 

Topic: Differentiating “but”, “although”, “however”

Designers:  Cheng Zilin, Xia Jiayue, Fu Yanqing, Yan Ge & Shi Yongdi

Target Students:  Junior Secondary Form 1

Corpus Used: Lextutor (2k Graded)

Class Duration: 80 mins

“but”, “although”, “however”

 

Topic: Talking about Daily Routines with Phrasal Verbs

Designers: Chan Pui Man & Lau On Yu

Target Students: Secondary school students

Corpus Used: Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)

Class Duration:  50 minutes

 ‘Lie down’, ‘Scroll down’, ‘Stay away’ & ‘Go for’

 

Topic: ‘illusion’ vs. ‘allusion’

Designers: HUNG, Wai Yee, Lui Man Yee and Lai Rachel

Target Students: Junior Secondary

Corpus Used: Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)

Class Duration:  40 minutes

 ‘illusion’ vs. ‘allusion’

Corpus-Based Lessons For Tertiary Levels

Topic: On the contrary or On the other hand

Designers: Feng Sui Sing; Poon Wing Hay; Yan Tsoi Lam

Target Students: Tertiary students

Corpus Used: Corpus Concordance English

Class Duration: 120 minutes

On the contrary vs. On the other hand

Topic: Diversifying lexis in IELTs writing

Designers: Jiayi Zhong; Yuqi Xie

Target Students: Tertiary level or IELTS candidates

Corpus Used: BNC corpus (https://www.english-corpora.org/bnc/)

Class Duration:  Double lesson (80 minutes)

Near synonyms of ‘People’

 

Worksheet