using wordle in the language classroom
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Not just a pretty cloud: Using Wordle in the language classroom
Presentation byDavid Dodgson
VRT Conference March 26th, 2011Image by Extra Medium
What are ‘word clouds’?
• A visual representation of text
• Most frequent words show up the largest
• Can be made from your own text or website url
• Most popular word cloud sites include Wordle, Tagul, Tagxedo and Wordsift
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Today’s presentation
Today’s presentation
• What are ‘word clouds’?• A quick survey• Vocabulary• Previewing/predicting a
text• Support for language
production activities• Text analysis
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A survey example
A survey example
Vocabulary: A new topic
Vocabulary: Collocations
Vocabulary: Collocations
Word Clouds for Vocabulary
• Make a word cloud for target vocabulary
• Display and check what students already know
• Ask students to match words and make phrases
• TIP: repeat a word to make it appear bigger
• TIP: use ~ to keep words together e.g. get~up
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Predicting & previewing: A reading activity (title)
Predicting & previewing: A reading activity (text)
Predicting & previewing:A fairy tale
Word Clouds for Predicting & Previewing
• Use as an advance organiser
• Predict content/focus of text
• Highlight familiar and unknown words
• TIP: right click on an word before publishing to remove it Image by alexgorstan
Support for language production:Dictogloss
Support for language production:Dictogloss
Support for language production: Scrambled sentences
Support for language production: Scrambled sentences
Support for language production: Scrambled sentences
Word Clouds for Supporting Language Production
• Use to support writing and dictogloss activities
• Use to ‘scramble’ single sentences/questions
• Make a guessing game with a descriptive text
• Make a word cloud with several sentences for a ‘speed writing’ activity
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Text Analysis: Review your writing
Text Analysis: What’s on the blog?
Word Clouds for Text Analysis
• Make word clouds with students’ own writing
• Compare the word clouds and most common words
• Make word clouds from your class/school blog regularly and compare content Image by akakumo
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