[pjdoxopoulos]

In a lot of coursebooks the topic will start with a matching exercise with some pictures and the relevant vocabulary. When using these, when do you model and when do you drill the vocab? Do you show Ss the words, model the vocab for each then ask them to match them to the pictures or let them match the word to the picture first so that meaning is clear before you model pronunciation?

I've been thinking about this for some time and I'm still unsure which is most useful for the students. What do you think? How do you deal with vocab matching exercises in general? Do you always model the pron before letting them match the vocab to the meanings/pictures?

PJD