How Can You Teach Confusing English Words? Classroom Games with Gav & Em – S03E18

What’s the difference between chef and chief, shade and shadow, or job and work? Gav and Em explore word pairs their students mix up and turn them into activities you can try in an English lesson.They demonstrate eliciting words through clues, hiding them in stories, using gap fills and a dice game, then trying charades and drawing. Along the way, they discover that explaining a difference clearly can be harder than recognising the right answer!Download Gav’s list of 70 confusing words and phrases:https://www.dropbox.com/s/gnnderlodwt6sim/Confusing%20words.pdf?dl=0Tools mentioned in the episode:Online dice: https://www.online-dice.com/AutoDraw: https://www.autodraw.com/For more practical teaching ideas from this episode at our🌐 website:How to Teach Commonly Confused English Words Through ElicitationStory-Spotting Activity for Confusing English WordsJob or Work? How to Explain the Difference ClearlyHow to Use Dice to Practise Confusing English WordsHow to Teach Borrow and Lend Through MimeHow to Use Drawing to Contrast Similar English Words☕If you find the show useful, you can send us a thanks at https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpodChapters0:21 Why do similar English words cause confusion?1:52 Ask learners which words they mix up2:41 Chef or chief? Start with a real mistake3:34 Gav’s list of 70 confusing words4:26 Game 1: Elicit words with clues13:00 Turn the guessing game into a classroom activity14:05 Game 2: Hide confusing words in a story23:30 Game 3: Gap fills and multiple choice24:02 Job or work?26:00 Fell or felt?27:00 Shade or shadow?28:45 Game 4: Roll the dice29:45 Dead or died?33:30 Game 5: Charades36:09 Game 6: Draw the words39:30 Final ideas for using the activities