Full name: Nguyen Thi Thanh Lan

Workplace: HCMC University of Education – English Department

Grade: University level (Intermediate and/or above)

Website adapted: Best of Bilash: Improving Second Language Education (http://www2.education.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.Bilash/best%20of%20bilash/home1.html)

Activity adopted: “Information Gap – Find Your Partner”

(http://www2.education.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.Bilash/best%20of%20bilash/info%20gap%20activities.html)

My activity in class:

• Name: “Find your Ms. / Mr. Right”
• Time allotted: 15 minutes
• Number of students: around 40 university students
• Subject: Semantics (Linguistics)

I taught them the session of Adjective Order. After presenting the theory (Opinion Size Shape Age Color Origin Material Purpose Noun) and giving example, I divided my class into 9 groups (4 or 5 students / each).

At home, I did prepare 9 cards. The label for the card would be one of the nine elements of the adjective order. I asked each group to choose one card randomly. Each person in the group would write down one word according to their label. Then each group would stand in one separate place showing their words. Next, all of them would move, look at each other and found the right people so that they would become a complete noun phrase with the correct order of adjectives. Students enjoyed this activity because it was so funny that they could remember the lesson and helped them motivate and relax, too.

Number of words: 147 words

Thanks for your useful question.

To answer your question, I will give an example: If this group chose the card with the label "Shape". Each person in this group would write down 1 adj about shape: round, triangle, square, etc. And there would be a group chose the card of Noun and then they could jot down any noun they liked.

I taught them the session of Adjective Order. After presenting the theory (Opinion Size Shape Age Color Origin Material Purpose Noun) and giving example, I divided my class into 9 groups (4 or 5 students / each).

At home, I did prepare 9 cards. The label for the card would be one of the nine elements of the adjective order. I asked each group to choose one card randomly. Each person in the group would write down one word according to their label. Then each group would stand in one separate place showing their words. Next, all of them would move, look at each other and found the right people so that they would become a complete noun phrase with the correct order of adjectives. Students enjoyed this activity because it was so funny that they could remember the lesson and helped them motivate and relax, too.

singular- plural form

What a shame!