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Lesson Title: Eliciting/Circumlocution of Unknown Words |
| Grammar Point(s): Conversation Flow | |
| Example: What do you call…? | |
| Grade level: High School – Higher Level | |
| Materials: Objects to be described (spatulas, staplers, cellophane tape, refrigerators, etc.). Handouts (if necessary) at the bottom of this document. | |
| Objective: To teach students phrases and keywords to help them elicit English words that they do not know without the help of a dictionary in real-time conversations with other speakers of English. | |
| Note: This lesson is derived from techniques researched and developed by Don Maybin of the Shonan Institute of Technology () and may not be used for commercial purposes.. | |
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Lesson Plan: Eliciting/Circumlocution of Unknown Words
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