This approach is useful for writing. When learners write, they have a tendency to repeat words; this approach will give them a visual of how frequently they actually use words.

You will need a learner’s writing, a highlighter, and graph paper to do this approach.

Have the learner read their paper and highlight any word that repeats itself.

When that is done, have your learner take a blank piece of paper, write the word that repeats, and then count how many times it repeats within the paper.

When that is done, have your learner create a graph for the repeat words. On the horizontal axis, have the learner write the most repeated words, and on the vertical access, have the learner number it from 1 to the highest amount of repeats.

When that is done, have the learner again use the highlighter to visually depict how many times a word is used. This is a great visual prompt to show how words are repeated both on the paper and on the graph.

When this is done, have a dialogue with your learner about improving vocabulary within the writing.