Skill Practice Assignment II: Creating your own corpus and condance

Skill Practice Assignment I: Creating Crossword Puzzle

CALL Review I

 

Wordsmith's Glossary Maker / http://www.wordsmyth.net

 

 

 

   This internet dictionary site includes vocabulary that considered all ages and levels. In addition, this site has a function that is helpful for teachers and students. The function is that teachers can make various activities using vocabularies which students already memorized.

 

   First, let's look into that the site divides vocabulary depending upon ages. The "WILD(Wordsmyth Illustrated Learner's Dictionary)" is dictionary for young readers. Because this dictionary utilizes pictures(visual materials), teachers can convey vocabulary to students easily and effectively. Also, the dictionary offers relevant vocabularies that belong to one topic (like animals, hospital...), not too many vocabularies imprudently. So students can learn vocabulary more effectively along with each situation, subject, and place. The "Word Explorer" is children's dictionary for the upper elementary grades. Because this dictionary has vocabulary that is more higher level than WILD, learners can master vocabulary in series. Moreover, like WILD, this dictionary offers relevant vocabularies that belong to one topic. So the dictionary will be able to be used effectively in class situation that specific learning topics are given.

 

   Second, let's look into that the site divides vocabulary depending upon students' level. This site offers "Comprehensive Dictionary Suite" classified in Beginner's Dictionary, Intermediate Dictionary, and Advanced Dictionary in the left side. This function can be very effective in a class situation when teachers teach vocabulary to students who have various english levels.

 

   Finally, let's look into a variety of activities provided by this site. Teachers and students can make vocabulary note. Because the vocabulary note can be printed, students can conveniently memorize vocabulary regardless of time and place. Also teachers can make puzzles and quiz. The puzzle activity can attract student attention and remind students of vocabulary which students already memorized. So puzzle activity can check students' vocabulary, beyond memorizing, and this point is useful for students to learn vocabulary. Because quiz activity can test students' accomplishment, it is surely necessary in class.

 

   Therefore, this site can help students to learn vocabulary more effectively and easily in class, and be used in various class situations regardless of leaners' age and level.