Background Notes:

Activity One:

• this activity will provide the tutor with the student's prior knowledge related to banking
• leading questions may draw out vocabulary that the student is unaware that they know (e.g.: What do you call it when you put money in the bank?)
• ask your student to review the words and sentences for homework
• at the beginning of the next session review the vocabulary with a cloze activity or a word scramble game, e.g. kabn = bank
• this will help students remember both spelling and meaning

Activity Two:

• have your student write these words and sentences on index cards and add them to her word bank
• have her review the words and sentences for homework
• use minimal pairs to practice pronunciation e.g.: tree - three

Activity Three:

• this activity will reinforce the vocabulary learned in activity two
• an alternative to this activity would be to put all of the cards face down on the table and take turns turning over two cards
• if you select a vocabulary word and a definition which match, you can keep the set and take another turn
• if you do not turn over a match, the cards are turned over and the game continues with the next player
• an easier way of playing the same game would be to put all of the definitions on one side of the table and all of the vocabulary words on the other side and then take turns with your student finding matches