Friday 3 March 2017

Quizlet: Multisensory experience in learning English vocabulary



T:     Class, open your textbook Page 23. Let’s read the vocabulary together. A slice of pizza
C:    A slice of pizza
T:     A box of chicken wings
C:    A box of chicken wings
T:     A packet of……


🤔  Is the above situation seemingly familiar?
🤔  Have you ever experienced reciting a list of vocabulary with your students?
🤔  Are you bored with the way of teaching vocabulary?


Here, 💡 Quizlet💡  is a FREE STUDY tool for educational practitioners and students at all age to use INSIDE and OUTSIDE school.




How does Quizlet work?

 




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Interesting Pedagogical Facts / Positive Comments of Quizlet


1.   Motivating way to study dictation: 

Quizlet provides you and your class a FUN, INTERACTIVE and  MULTISENSORY experience in learning vocabulary! You can find some game-like features such as Flashcards, Learn, Spell, Test, Match and gravity to help students learn vocabulary.
2.   Promotion of autonomous learning

While students are revising the dictation, they may find it hard to recite or pronounce the vocabulary, phrases and sentences individually. Yet, Quizlet is a useful tool, offering teachers a helping hand by allowing teachers to record the words in advance. Also, students can also play the aforementioned game-like tool at home. 

 

3.  Clear learning record

Quizlet will automatically keep a record whenever who use the app. Teachers can keep a closer track on each students' participant and comprehend their difficulties in a particular word.




 Limitations



1.     Pronunciation

Indeed, Quizlet can almost pronounce every word in this world. However, unless teachers have pre-set the word with a relevant picture at the beginning, or else it  cannot identify the part of speech itself. An example will be 'someone tears' and 'tear a paper'.



('Someone tears')


('Tear a paper')

       







 
2.   Technical issues


Most of the game-like tools require students to type the target words out. However, Quizlet may fail to illustrate students' real difficulties when (1) teachers suggested a long phrase for them to recite or (2) Key Stage 1 students (i.e.,  Primary 1-3) have not managed to type with keyboards.





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1 comment:

  1. Yes. Quizlet, a great tool having 'gamelike features such as Flashcards, Learn, Spell, Test, Match and gravity'.


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