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Natalia Katasonova
Learning Outcomes
list ICT tools for vocabulary development; evaluate the usefulness of various web-based activities for vocabulary development; create your own web-based activities for teaching vocabulary.
1. http://quizlet.com/ (study groups, chats, message boards, space race game, scatter game) 2. http://www.flashcardexchange.com (the world's largest flashcard library) 3. http://www.muchobeets.com/ (picture flashcards) 4. http://www.studystack.com/ (hangman, crossword puzzles, matching and word games)
TASK
1. Register at http://quizlet.com/. 2. Watch the video tour. 3. Study this sample flashcard set. 4. Create your own set (at least 5 words). 5. Exchange sets with your neighbours. 6. What do you like and not like?
Online Concordancer
A concordancer is a piece of software that searches a corpus (a collection of texts in electronic form) for a selected word or phrase and presents every instance of that word or phrase in the centre of the computer screen, with the words that come before and after it to the left and right. A node word is a selected word, appearing in the centre of the screen. A concordance is the lines of text illustrating the search word, the node.
Sample Concordance
Web-based Concordancers
Task
1. Go to http://www.collins.co. uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx 2. Explore the concordancer by completing the tasks in the Worksheet. 3. Discuss your ideas for using concordancers with your partner. 4. What do you like and not like?
e-mail: katasonova.natalia@gmail.com