The following web site is designed to teach ESL/EFL students useful vocabulary and grammar skills through several CALL activities like multiple-choice quizzes, fill in the blanks tests, matching exercises and crossword puzzles. The activities are sorted into six levels from easy to difficult. There is also an additional section in this website that includes bilingual vocabulary quizzes covering several languages.
I really think that this is a very useful website for learning and reinforcing vocabulary learned especially due to the variety of topics covered in this site. ESL/EFL students can learn vocabulary about several topics that are categorized under nouns, verbs, adjectives, opposites, idioms, phrasal verbs, homonyms, abbreviations, slangs and many more. I truly like the homonyms’ section as it can improve both students’ vocabulary and spelling skills.
I personally would use the exercises of this website as post-task activities for my students to help them practice and reinforce vocabulary learned.
Here is a link of my vocabulary CALL website: http://a4esl.org/
I agree with you about using this site as a supplemental tool for teaching vocabulary. The games reinforce sight recognition of words as well as spelling, as you explained. Also, the categories of nouns, verbs, etc. allow students to chunk their learning into managable lists and categories.
ReplyDeleteMany of the games also allow students to learn words in context, as they must choose from a list of words to complete sentences. I am wondering, however, if lack of audio would be something that prevents longer term acquisition of vocab, as students are not being exposed to how the words sound. To me, it seems that knowing a word by sight is very different from knowing a word by sound.
I agree with you Kristen. I think that students cannot rely solely on this website for learning vocabulary. It's lack of audio is the main reason behind choosing to use the exercises of this website as post-task activities.
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