BLINDFOLDED VOCABULARY LEARNING? This blogpost is about a vocabulary lesson that I ran last month. My overarching theme for the forthnight was trust , and the one hour we spent on the vocabulary-activities was a part of a larger scheme including physical education in a cross-curricular effort. Using drama- activities can create myriads of situations that enhance or aid the learning of words. Learning new words and phrases through drama can create a lot of "valuable" interactions that in turn is sparking the repeated use of the target language in fun ways, as well as adding a real purpose as to why we use the target language in the first place! The blindfolding of pupils can be used in many ways. If done right, playing games or activities involving blindfoling can be very entertaining in addition to facilitate for learning. The focus I had, other than building trust, was mostly the practising of oral and listening skills , but also there were some vocabu