What is this?
This site gives you abundant resource to learn vocabularies. You can listen to the audio recording of the words.
Why is the content food for language learning?
・It contains more than 15 languages so you compared with your own language and find similarities.
・The pictures on the site are charming and entertain learners.
・You can listen to the correct pronounciation if you put your mouse on the picture.
・It focuses on vocabularies in daily life so you can use them immediately.
How might you use it in a language teaching context?
・Good for self-study at home
・Make students speak loud after the audio recording, it will help their pronounciation improve.
・The teacher can print them out and laminate them. They become wonderful flash cards.
・The teacher can use the flash cards for many activities as below;
- Concentration (pelmanism): When learners can match the cards, they have to shout the word in English and get a point. If they cannot say correctly, they cannot get a point.
- Sentence making: Make students pick up one card and say a sentence with the word on the card.
- Plaiying card: When the teacher say the word, learners touch the card as soon as possible. First student whotouch it, he can get a point.
Limitations
・Playing card might be hard to do in very big classes.
・It might be difficult for students to study at home if they don't have internet access.
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