Focus seems to be on the subject rather than the language.

The author is in Iran.

Author suggests that classes in Iran are boring due to lack of fun activities. Is this factual, or just his opinion? Think on it.

Update: when reviewing the article again, I have realized that the author himself is Iranian, so he has most likely had a lot of one on one experiences with fellow Iranian teachers and students, as he is part of the Department of English Language Teaching in Iran.

active voice

active voice?

This article is not in first person.

Information is separated into sections; relates to the structure of the article.

The author pulled information from a large number of sources.

Author was honest about how the information and data in this article does include limitations and could be further proven. I respect this, and think this provides me with a great opportunity to find ways where I could possibly test the author's theory for myself on a larger scale (as I do agree that fun activities in the classroom can enhance learning).

I love how visuals are included; they help me see information more clearly!

more information

I relate this to playing Quizlet vocabulary games in high school; can talk about this in your paper.

Article does a good job of providing valid background information.

This paragraph is bringing back the ideas of how Iranian students learned that were also mentioned in the beginning of the article.

reasons clearly listed out

Now the author is voicing more than one point-of-view, getting rid of the bias I felt earlier in the work.

a shift

You can talk about your experience with memorization of words and your ability to define them quickly after practicing memorization using fun vocabulary activities.

This idea seems to be repeated throughout the scholarly article.

You could use this to talk about how by the end of the school year in middle school English class, you were able to write the definitions and classifications of over 100 words in a single class period, thanks to your teachers helpful methods!

I think this relates to my statement about how I still remember certain vocabulary words in middle school and how they relate to the fun visuals my teacher gave my class for each word to remember them by.

Fun activities incorporated into the classroom setting can be beneficial to both teachers and students and their level of excitement to be a part of the class.

This reminds me of a teacher I had in high school that used competitive games as a way to get her students to learn vocabulary words-- (you could talk about this more in your paper!)

This relates to the idea that fun activities "reduce the fear of making a mistake" in students.

I am glad this section is included-- it helps shed light on many of the questions I had while reading the article up to this point.

Though the author seems to make some opinionated statements, I have to say that I agree with what he has to say. Pay close attention to the phrase: "reduce the fear of making a mistake" and talk about how participating in fun activities in the classroom has made you relate to this statement.

Author may be biased towards non-traditional ways of teaching.

The author begins many of the paragraphs with a particular source, and then he goes on to describe the theories that belong to each source in relation to learning.

Children are able to enhance their ability to learn by interacting with others, exploring, and experiencing new material.

"interfacing" comes from the word "interface" (noun) meaning: a point where two systems, subjects, organizations, etc. meet and interact

I am noticing that many of the sentences in the article are a bit hard to dissect. They are long and packed with information, however, this perhaps makes them more meaningful as I must put in effort to research terms and comprehend facts and opinions.

Here, the author is suggesting that fun teaching methods are dependable, which backs up his theories and his reason for writing the article.

unequivocally (adverb): "in a way that leaves no doubt"

synonym: utilize

synonym: although

My teacher in middle school would make songs with my class and I using vocabulary words! She also made us watch videos that related to each word, and I still remember the connections that were made with the words and visuals today.

Agreed! Speaking from experience, (doing fun activities involving vocabulary in school), I would definitely say that learning new words can become something to look forward to.

I think that this sentence is trying to instruct people interested in utilizing fun methods in teaching vocabulary to make sure that the idea of playing fun games and activities does not end up overshadowing the entire point of the games-- learning.

I agree with this. I noticed growing up in school that I would do well on vocabulary tests when I had practiced my words using fun activities in the classroom, which is partly why this article stood out to me in my selection process of choosing a scholarly article. I am interested in how fun vocabulary games and activities help people learn words.

"TPR Storytelling is a method of teaching foreign languages."

teaching method? used to eliminate negative feelings

Audio lingual: a method used in teaching foreign languages that is based on behaviorist theory (suggests that certain traits of living things can be trained through a system of reinforcement).

myriad (noun): a countless or extremely great number

The students that were taught vocabulary skills in a non-traditional way outperformed the students who were taught traditionally. Interesting! The author's study seems to be legitimate based on the abstract of the article. It seems Bavi was very intentional with his experimental methods.

This is the article's main idea.

Single author