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Saying the word ‘like’ has long been seen as a sign of laziness and stupidity. But its use is actually richly nuanced, goes back to Shakespearean times, and is an indicator of, like, intelligence 
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Reading for pleasure during childhood has a substantial influence on a person’s vocabulary 30 years later. Researchers at the Institute of Education (IOE) have reached this conclusion after studying the vocabulary test scores of more than 9,400 British people at the ages of 10, 16 and 42. ...
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This chart shows the lexical distance — that is, the degree of overall vocabulary divergence — among the major languages of Europe. The size of each circle represents the number of speakers ...
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If words are just the tip of the iceberg, what lies underneath? If you liked this, check out: http://www.shankerinstitute.org/early-childhood-education/ and
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The Oxford English Dictionary announces its latest update, which sees the inclusion of over 1200 newly revised and updated words. Let’s take a look at some of the most intriguing words included in the OED for the first time …
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Fotobabble allows one to add narration to a photograph. You can then share it, embed it in a wiki or blog, or view it on the web.
Classroom uses: - make a minute-long presentation about a chosen picture in the target language - make vocabulary cards with clear audio definitions of the chosen word added to the picture - practice making speeches privately, to be shared later in class - give students a picture to add a narration to which tests their understanding and vocabulary of a topic - use it as a speaking assessment tool.
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The OneLook reverse dictionary is a great tool to get students thinking about how they explain what words mean. Unlike most dictionaries which give you the meaning of a word, this one will give you the word as long as you can give the correct meaning. This is a great skill to develop as a language learner. Via Nik Peachey
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Apart from English fluency practice, the area most students want to concentrate on is improving and expanding their English vocabulary. The activities we normally do together vary from collocations, idiomatic expressions, word formation, phrasal verbs, and identifying vocabulary in reading texts. ...
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One thing that is almost certain as kids are reading aloud to us is they will come across words they do not know. Even if we pick out “just right” books for them, there will be a few unknown words in the text. (Please note: if kids have too many words that are unknown, the …
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A. Weiler: Concentrating on vocabulary learning to the exclusion of all else is a common mistake that many language learners make. That is not surprising as I have seen so much emphasis made in language learning books and courses, about the importance of vocabulary. There is no doubt about the importance of vocabulary. However I feel that its importance has been and is being overemphasised to the detriment of the development language proficiency in the learner.
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The Web offers huge opportunities to improve any foreign language you’re learning, from news stories, blog posts, comments and all that content. So, find sites with your favourite topics and read them regularly. Phraseum will help you save and organize all useful sentences you come across while reading, in order to learn them later.
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Vocabulary Profilers break texts down by word frequencies in the language at large. Most of the English Vocabprofilers on the site are based on Laufer and Nation's Lexical Frequency Profiler, and divide the words of texts into either first and second thousand levels, academic words, and the remainder or 'offlist,' or the BNC based 20 levels plus off-list. VP is used for many research and teaching purposes (like matching text to learner via the Levels Test
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Free online lessons about Halloween and Halloween exercises for English language learners, elementary ESL students and kids - resources include picture vocabulary word banks and word lists with definitions, reading, listening, spelling and...
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