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2011年1月25日星期二

In-Class Discussion On WordSift

Collection of Ideas on WordSift

  • Great for pre-reading. Get the students to look at sift and guess what text is about
  • Award, academy, drama, expected, oscar, nomination, nominated, concievably
  • We can help students to skim the texts
  • It can be used to get the gist of the text.
  • Students can reconstruct the text according to their imagination
  • To help students to grasp the main idea and key words in an authentic text or a reading material
  • Words into context - having the meaning words all together, Ss can choose the ones they don't understand and look them up in a dictionary
  • It is a good way to teach and learn vocabulary. It is also helpful in listening for students to get general information.
  • With key words, Ss can try guessing the main idea of the text. Then, Ss can discuss and form meaningful sentences
  • Thriller, comedienne, boosted, considered, bale, ballet, nod, globe, reveal, support
  • Yo this is Gifty & Sam
  • Students can see how words work in different sentences
  • We can use the squish cloud as brainstomer
  • Highlighting the key words in a text enable students to discover the link between differen words and use them into practice
  • Wonderful to practice reading skills such as scanning the key words and guessing the main idea.
  • Bale,swan, actress, likely. This is ~Gifty again!
  • It is a good way to develop Ss' thinking and increase their vocabulary.
  • Before clicking on a word, students could try and find the word in the text and then check it with their partner by actually clicking on it
  • Some useful words might be missed as synonyms may be used & important info may only be mentioned once
  • We can instruct Ss to draw tree typology
  • Wordsift shows the word frequency which is the most effective way to get the gist of a text.
  • Good to guess what the main text is about before students read the article Vent
  • A great way to get the gist of the text.As an activity we could ask students to write a text using these words & compare it to the original
  • Some words are accompanied by pictures or videos to demonstrate the meaning of it.
  • We can do this as a wrap up exercise to ask students what they have learnt for the day.
  • The Ss can learn vocabulary in different meaningful context
  • It could help learners to know exactly what kind of words they can use in different contexts.
  • Students can have a look at the text guessing the most common words. Then, with the teacher they use wordsift to compare their answers
  • We think it is a good way to learn new words especially how words are used in context. It is also very useful for sharing ideas with visual
  • Enable students to understand how the main idea of the text is orgainzed and developed based on the key words
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