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