Teaching Methods of Compound Nouns in TEFL Courses

        Teaching vocabulary may seem like a long road, so it can be helpful to consider different aspects of vocabulary teaching and break it down into smaller pieces for your students. Here we'll take a look at compound nouns, which TEFL has a detailed explanation of what they are and how to best teach them in an English classroom.

        What is a compound noun?

        TEFL's interpretation of compound nouns is: A compound noun is a noun composed of two words. It can consist of two nouns or a noun and an adjective, and they can also be a combination of a preposition and a verb.

     TEFL Teaching on How to Teach Compound Nouns

        Pairing exercise

        Chop up compound nouns and assign words to students. Together, the students must decide which words match which ones. For younger learners, this can also be done with pictures.

        Tell a story

        Find a set of pictures that tell the story. When you show students the picture, tell them a story that includes several compound nouns. Tell students that as they listen, they must write down all compound nouns they hear. Another storytelling activity is for students to list a series of compound nouns. Then, they have to incorporate these into the story.

        Chain story

        Another storytelling activity, this is just as effective as a review. Make sure students are familiar with various compound nouns. The teacher begins the first sentence of the story, which must contain a compound noun. Students must then continue to tell the story until they can add a compound noun. Each student has the opportunity to add a new compound noun. This continues until the story makes no sense at all or the student has no compound nouns.

        Compound nouns are a great way to increase students' vocabulary without much effort. They don't need to learn new words completely, but they are able to combine two words they know to form a new word. Help your students enjoy learning vocabulary with these fun activities for teaching TEFL.

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