Teacher Development Programme

Regional Institute of English, South India, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore - 560 056,
Tele Number: +91 080 2321 8452 / 3243, Fax Number: +91 080 2321 1732, E-mail: elt@riesi.co.in

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Teacher Development Programme - 90 day

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SECONDARY LEVEL TEACHER/ TRAINER TRAINING PROGRAMME

VOCABULARY TASKS

Absorb

Absurd

Accommodation

Accuse

Across

Adapt

Admire

Adopt

Advantage

Advise

Afford

Ahead

Alien

Alike

Ancestor

Ancient

Ankle

Anniversary

Annoy

Appeal

Appreciate

Approach

Appropriate

Argue

Arrange

Artificial

Assume-umption

Astonish

Audience

Avoid

Awaken

Bark (V)

Barrier

Battle

Believe

Belong

Betray

Beyond

Bitter

Bleed

Borrow

Bargain

Brave

Breast

Breath

Breed

Breeze

Brick

Bring up

Broom

Buffalo

Bull

Buoyant

Burn

Butcher ('s)

Calculate

Career

Carve

Castle

Cause

Ceiling

Century

Charity

Chase

Cheek

Chin

Choose

Climb

Coal

Coast

Collapse

Command

Committee

Compare

Complete

Compliment

Compromise

Concept

Conclude

Conform

Congratulate

Conquer

Consist

Contain

Continent

Continue

Convenient

Converse

Convict

Country

Course

Courtesy

Cousin(s)

Creature

Critic

Critical

Cultivate

Curtain

Custom

Data

Debate

Decay

Decide

Decorate

Decrease

Defy

Delegate

Delicate

Denote

Dentist

Depend

Descend

Describe

Deserve

Dessert

Determined

Devise

Disaster

Disease

Disgust

Dish

Dispute

Dissolve

Distant

Drag

Dream

Drop

Drown

Earthquake

Edge

Educate

Effort

Either

Embarrass

Emphasize

Empire

Employ

Energy

Entertain

Environment

Essential

Except

Exchange

Excite

Excursion

Exempt

Exercise

Exhibit

Explain

Explosion

Extent

Extract, -ion

Extreme

Faint

Familiar

Farewell

Fasten (V)

Feature

Feed

Fence

Fetch

Finish

Flash

Flavour

Flood

Flour

Footpath

Forehead

Foreign

Former

Formidable

Fortnight

Forward

Frequent

Fulfil

Funeral

Gallop

Gather

Generous

Gentle

Genuine

Glove

Glow

Glue

Grain

Grandparent

Grateful

Grave

Green Grocer

Greenish

Grind

Grow

Grumble

Guilt

Hammer

Harbour

Hardly

Heel

Herd

Hereditary

Hide

Hire

Hold

Hollow

Honest

Honour

Hook

Horizon

Horn

Hostage

Humour

Hurricane

Ignore

Ill

Illustrate

Imply

Import

Impose

Indoors

Injury

Insect

Insist

Instead of

Intellect, -ual

Intelligent

Intention

Intermittent

Interrupt

Invest

Investigate

Invite

Involve

Irritate

Island

Issue

Jaw

Jealous

Joint

Jot

Judicious

Jumble

Justice

Kick

Knee

Knit

Knock

Knot

Know

Know - how (n)

Know all

Knuckle

Lack

Ladder

Lay

Leave

Lid

Lie

Limb

Live (adj) (v)

Lonely

Look after

Look for

Loose

Loss

Luggage

Lunch

Magnify

Manage

Manifest

Many

Match

Mean

Measure

Mend

Mention

Message

Minute

Mist

Modest

Modify, -ication

Moment

Mouse

Moustache

Movie

Multiply

Muscle

Museum

Mysterious

Narrow

Nasty

Necessary

Neck

Nephew

Nerve

Niece (s)

Nor

Novel

Nut

Oblige

Oblong

Obstacle

Obtain

Obvious

Ocean

Offence

Opinion

Oppose

Oppress

Ordinary

Organ

Origin

Ornament

Ought

Over

Overtake

Owe

Page

Pale

Palm

Partly

Passage

Path

Perfect

Perform

Persist

Persuade

Petal

Photograph

Physical

Plane

Planet

Pole

Population

Port

Porter

Positive

Pour

Praise

Prefer

Prejudice

Pretend

Prevent

Pride

Prison

Process

Promise

Propagate

Protect

Proud

Purpose

Quarrel

Quench

Query

Quiet

Quit

Quotient

Rapid

Rare

Recede

Recognize

Reflection

Refuse

Regular

Reinforce

Reject

Relate

Rely on

Remain

Remind

Reptile

Reputation

Resolve

Responsible

Revise

Reward

Rise

Rob

Row

Rude

Rush

Sacred

Sacrifice

Sad

Salad

Satisfy

Scar

Scope

Scratch

Security

Seed

Seem

Seldom

Separate

Serious

Several

Shadow

Sharp

Shed

Shy

Seize

Simple

Slave

Slope

Soon

Split

Spontaneous

Spring

Stain

Stay

Still

Stimulus

Stitch

Straight

Strange

Stream

Strict

Submerge

Suggest

Suit

Surprise

Surround

Survive

Suspect

Swell

Sympathy

Tail

Task

Tear

Tend

Thirsty

Thought

Thread

Threat

Throw

Thunder

Tight

Toe

Towards

Translate

Treat

Trial

Trouble

Turn

Ugly

Unconscious

University

Unless

Uproar

Upset

Upward

Urban

Urge

Valley

Valuable

Various

Vehicle

Vibrate, -ion

Vicinity

Violence

Virtue

Vocabulary

Voice

Volume

Wage

Wealth

Weapon

Weigh

Well known

Whale

Wheat

Whenever

Wherever

Whip

Whisper

Wicked

Widely

Widow

Width

Wild

Willing

Wind (V)

Wing

Winter

Wonder

Worm

Worship

Wound

Wrap (v)

Wreath

Wrinkle

Wring

Wrist

Yard

Yawn

Yearn

Yet

Yolk
Youth
Zeal
Zodiac
Zone

Attempt task(s) of your choice. You are expected to attempt tasks for a minimum of 100 points. However, you are free to attempt tasks for more than 100 points.

1. Classify the words given into two groups – words that are to be taught at

Primary Level
Secondary Level

(If a particular word has more than one meaning indicate which meaning would you teach at the primary level and secondary level). Mention your criteria for classification.

2. Classify the words given according to the technique you would adopt for teaching them.

Classroom situation
Verbal situartion
Picture / drawings
Listing things belonging to the category
Non-verbal techniques

3. Transcribe all the words given in the list.

4. a) Select any Ten Consecutive words and construct a paragraph using those words.

b) Select any Twenty words that have more than one meaning and give their meaning(s). Give an illustrative sentence for each of the meaning

5. Select all the describing words given in the list and describe a place / person / thing using the words

6. Identify 200 idioms and phrases that have been used in the readers (for standards 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12) followed in your state and

a. give the meaning of them
b. write an illustrative sentence

(Mention the class sin which they are introduced)

7. Identify 400 words that are newly introduced in standard XI and XII / +1 and +2 English textbook. List the words with their pronunciation (phonemic transcription) and meaning

8. Select any Twenty words and Ten idioms and write a lesson (of your own) using these words / idioms. Design tasks to teach these words / idioms

9. Identify the new words introduced in a lesson include in the English reader (Standard 10 or 11 or 12) and write a different lesson which you consider would be more interesting and appropriate for the learners. Also design different exercises / tasks to be included under the lesson

10. List words that can be given under the rubrics

Homonyms
Homophones
Words often mispronounced
Words often misspelt
Words that have more than one meaning.

(Not less than twenty words for each of the rubrics)

11. Design any four activities / tasks that can be used to enrich the vocabulary of the learner(s) (Indicate the level of the learner(s) (Indicate the level of the learner)

12. Design any four language games that can be used to improve the vocabulary of the learners (Describe the procedure and the approximate time taken for each)

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