Vocabulary Teaching

www.wordchamp.com: WordChamp is a language learning network in which language lessons, activities, tools, tutors, and many members to connect are provided for the learners. Thanks to WordChamp, it s possible to practice more than 130 languages, use flashcards with language drills, develop reading ability with the Web Reader, find online language partners, and choose tutors. In order to get benefit from the web site, it is necessary to register it freely. WordChamp is also useful for language teachers because it provides teachers with the tools they can need in order to help their students. By using WordChamp, teachers can create a class, assign interactive homework activities, follow up their calss’ progress, etc. The most beneficial side of the website is that it is possible to find and talk with native speakers which can improve language skills, and to find them with different languages from different countries.
Gerry’s Vocabulary Teacher
Gerry’s Vocabulary Teacher is software which is very useful for language teachers. It includes a lot of sentences illustrating more than 2,600 words with different contexts from which teachers can choose words to study and create gap-fill exercises with these words. The sentences in it can be edited by the users or new sentences and words can be added. Thanks to this software, teachers can design gap-fill exercises, crate interactive exercises by relating their exercises to Hot Potatoes, introduce new vocabulary to study, recycle emphasized vocabulary in differed contexts, test and evaluate vocabulary comprehension, and create discussion activities in order fort he students can practice target vocabulary.
Text-to-speech technology
Text-to-speech is a technology which provides the users with production of spoken words. It converts the texts to speech which is very similar to human speech. Although it is very beneficial in terms of improving pronunciation skills of language learners, it has a drawback which results from emotional shortcoming of the speech it provides.