What is Visuwords?
Visuwords is a website where you can look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. The net of produced diagrams will help you learn how words associate.
Visuwords is a website where you can look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. The net of produced diagrams will help you learn how words associate.
Click the picture or here http://www.visuwords.com/?word to try now.
How is Visuwords used in English learning?
How is Visuwords used in English learning?
- Used as a dictionary to check the words related. It includes synonym,autonym, superordinate words etc. as shown on the right side
- Used as a tool when writing literature works, e.g. when thinking about the wording when writing poem or prose.
- Used as a vocabulary book to broaden student’s vocabulary size.
- Used to know something about culture or the world. E.g. when input “cheese” in you will find all kinds of cheese as a very traditional and unique common sense in western culture.
Limitations of Visuwords in language learning
- No examples of the usage of the word in sentences. Words are just explained on the level of meaning.
- No pronunciation of the vocabulary is given. Not enough information if the reader wants to learn the vocabulary thoroughly.
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