Hyponymy (Stein)
Activity 1
Show the learners the list of three nouns. Ask them to discuss the questions in pairs or small groups.
After a couple of minutes, reveal the focus of the lesson in the next slide: how nouns can relate to each other by being more general or specific. Use the example to demonstrate. Ask learners if they can think of any other examples. Don't worry if they struggle at this point, as they will see more throughout the lesson.
Ask learners to make notes on the new terminology, beacuse they will need it for the other activities.
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Hyponymy (Stein)
Activity 1
Look at these three nouns.
What is the relationship between them? Can they be arranged into a logical order?
- dog
- poodle
- animal
We can label nouns as general or specific. The specific noun is included in the general noun.