Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Vocabulary: Types of Pens

Picture taken form http://cetking.com/ for educational purposes

Types of Pens
Shopping

By Prof. Jonathan Acuña-Solano, M. Ed.

Head of Curriculum Development
Academic Department
Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano
Senior Language Professor
School of English
Faculty of Social Sciences
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica

Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Post 340 / Vocabulary 002


          Oftentimes students of mine come to me asking about a particular kind of pen that their parents or grandparents have hidden in a drawer of their desks; for sure you understand that it is a fountain pen that probably comes into your mind. Based on this experience of mine, exposing learners to other kind of vocabulary regarding types of pens, I have decided to post some ideas about this.


          Having some simple discussion questions when dealing with pens, a good warm up is to have them discuss a bit about their preferences when it comes to using pens to write.

1)   In your opinion, what kind of pens are good for high schoolers?
2)   What sort of pen is good for a birthday present? What do you recommend?
3)   What do you think it’s the cheapest type of pen you can buy?
4)   What’s a stylus pen for? Are they easy to find in bookstores?
5)   If you want to write something on a birthday card, what’s the best pen choice?

A second option is to have them recognize or identify types of pens. Why don’t you provide them with a little (digital or paper) handout where you simply write the names and students do look for (or even draw) the types of pens you are requesting?

a)


Stylus pen
b)


Fountain pen
c)


Ballpoint pen
d)


Fiber-tip pen
e)


Mechanical pencil

Exercise CEFR rage
A1
Bloom’s Taxonomy layer
Understand: identify, recognize



References


Images taken from:
1)   Stylus pen https://www.amazon.co.uk/
2)   Fountain pen https://www.amazon.co.uk/
3)   Ballpoint pen https://www.algurgstationery.com/
4)   Fiber-tip pen https://www.swingdesign.com/

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