Comments on: For teachers only: Vocabulary http://annehodgson.de/2009/09/19/for-teachers-only-vocabulary/ Learning English Online with Anne Hodgson Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mohammed Rhalmi http://annehodgson.de/2009/09/19/for-teachers-only-vocabulary/comment-page-1/#comment-3724 Mohammed Rhalmi Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:54:41 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8882#comment-3724 Thank you for these very interactive and engaging techniques.The best thing about them is that they are all learner centered!!!THX again! Thank you for these very interactive and engaging techniques.The best thing about them is that they are all learner centered!!!THX again!

]]> By: Anne http://annehodgson.de/2009/09/19/for-teachers-only-vocabulary/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Anne Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:23:58 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8882#comment-2289 Hi Roger, Welcome :) A Michigander, it's a pleasure meeting you. My family heads up to the Upper Penninsula for our summer get-togethers. All the best for your upcoming adult ed classes. Anne Hi Roger,
Welcome :)
A Michigander, it’s a pleasure meeting you. My family heads up to the Upper Penninsula for our summer get-togethers. All the best for your upcoming adult ed classes.
Anne

]]> By: Roger Frank http://annehodgson.de/2009/09/19/for-teachers-only-vocabulary/comment-page-1/#comment-2287 Roger Frank Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:04:52 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8882#comment-2287 Hi Anne, I recently started following you via twitter and discovered your blog and you have so much great information here! I especially liked this post on vocabulary building. I will start teaching Adult ESL at a community center next week (we are on break) and I plan on using some of your tips to help my students. I'm also a second language learner (Spanish) so I also enjoyed your post on your learning Latin and French. Great stuff, I look forward to reading your blog :) -Roger Hi Anne,
I recently started following you via twitter and discovered your blog and you have so much great information here! I especially liked this post on vocabulary building. I will start teaching Adult ESL at a community center next week (we are on break) and I plan on using some of your tips to help my students. I’m also a second language learner (Spanish) so I also enjoyed your post on your learning Latin and French. Great stuff, I look forward to reading your blog :)
-Roger

]]> By: Anne http://annehodgson.de/2009/09/19/for-teachers-only-vocabulary/comment-page-1/#comment-2274 Anne Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:18:30 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8882#comment-2274 Welcome, Eva! Trying to see how many words you can find and packing them all into an essay might make for strange writing, but in moderation... the alphabet is really an infinite source for collecting words, isn't it? Can work well with prefixes, too: inter-, de-, un-, con-... Welcome, Eva! Trying to see how many words you can find and packing them all into an essay might make for strange writing, but in moderation… the alphabet is really an infinite source for collecting words, isn’t it? Can work well with prefixes, too: inter-, de-, un-, con-…

]]> By: eva http://annehodgson.de/2009/09/19/for-teachers-only-vocabulary/comment-page-1/#comment-2273 eva Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:31:15 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8882#comment-2273 Thanks Anne for this wonderful post and I also want to say 'thank you' to everybody who suggested an idea here. I'm a new blogger and it's amazing to see how we can help each other. There is an activity I also want to share. I use it as a filler or a warm up. It just depends on the mood. As far as I remember, I got the idea from a workshop years ago. I ask my sts to choose a letter. I ask them write the letter in the middle of the page then I set time limit and ask them to write down any word that comes into their mind beginning with that letter. Usually I end the activity with paragraph writing. Thanks Anne for this wonderful post and I also want to say ‘thank you’ to everybody who suggested an idea here. I’m a new blogger and it’s amazing to see how we can help each other. There is an activity I also want to share. I use it as a filler or a warm up. It just depends on the mood. As far as I remember, I got the idea from a workshop years ago. I ask my sts to choose a letter. I ask them write the letter in the middle of the page then I set time limit and ask them to write down any word that comes into their mind beginning with that letter. Usually I end the activity with paragraph writing.

]]> By: Faiza http://annehodgson.de/2009/09/19/for-teachers-only-vocabulary/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 Faiza Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:19:38 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8882#comment-2270 Of course Anne, learning should always be about... learning! There is definitely nothing wrong with teaching which does not involve any tools or complicated technological techniques. I loved your post! All ideas are very creative and actually these ideas are universal in the sense that they can be used with students of any age and for any language! I just wanted to extrapolate these ideas and introduce a platform where your students could share their work with students all over the world. Secondly, as you very rightly pointed out, the goal is not creating an excellent product. The focus should always be on the task at hand which is vocabulary learning in this case, and not on the effective use of tools and gadgets which may even distract the students from the the primary goal. Students need not use complex tools, you can actually see examples of the contributions by some students, which are pretty simple & equally effective: Examples: http://tiny.cc/nAam0 http://tiny.cc/p14bl & http://tiny.cc/1Umep And these days, Toondoo, Xtranormal, GoAnimate and Windows movie maker etc have made accomplishing this very easy, if, this particular task is decided to be done using tools. WordAhead is all about vocabulary building whichever way the student or the teacher feels comfortable, with or without tools. Faiza Of course Anne, learning should always be about… learning! There is definitely nothing wrong with teaching which does not involve any tools or complicated technological techniques. I loved your post! All ideas are very creative and actually these ideas are universal in the sense that they can be used with students of any age and for any language! I just wanted to extrapolate these ideas and introduce a platform where your students could share their work with students all over the world.
Secondly, as you very rightly pointed out, the goal is not creating an excellent product. The focus should always be on the task at hand which is vocabulary learning in this case, and not on the effective use of tools and gadgets which may even distract the students from the the primary goal. Students need not use complex tools, you can actually see examples of the contributions by some students, which are pretty simple & equally effective:
Examples: http://tiny.cc/nAam0 http://tiny.cc/p14bl & http://tiny.cc/1Umep
And these days, Toondoo, Xtranormal, GoAnimate and Windows movie maker etc have made accomplishing this very easy, if, this particular task is decided to be done using tools.
WordAhead is all about vocabulary building whichever way the student or the teacher feels comfortable, with or without tools.
Faiza

]]> By: Anne http://annehodgson.de/2009/09/19/for-teachers-only-vocabulary/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Anne Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:23:15 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8882#comment-2267 Really excellent. Have a look, guys. The drawings are inviting. There's audio. And it's got nice social networking tools, too. Thanks for visiting, WeboWord :) PS: I'm just curious why you weren't happy with my comments. Did I come across as a technophobe? I'm not, believe me. I write Ask Auntie Web (http://askauntieweb.blogspot.com) a tech advice column for teachers, and I'll clearly have to devote a post to these new tools. I just have great respect for getting back to the basics, and am completely happy to teach unplugged, off the grid and barefoot. Really excellent. Have a look, guys. The drawings are inviting. There’s audio. And it’s got nice social networking tools, too. Thanks for visiting, WeboWord :)

PS: I’m just curious why you weren’t happy with my comments. Did I come across as a technophobe? I’m not, believe me. I write Ask Auntie Web (http://askauntieweb.blogspot.com) a tech advice column for teachers, and I’ll clearly have to devote a post to these new tools. I just have great respect for getting back to the basics, and am completely happy to teach unplugged, off the grid and barefoot.

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