Using Word Sketch Difference in the classroom

Using Word Sketch Difference in the classroom

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Time to complete: approximately 60-80 mins

In this topic you’ll be guided to plan an activity with your class using Word Sketch Difference to understand the difference in meaning between a pair of words. If you are not teaching, we’ll also have a suggested task for you.

Now let’s take what we’ve learnt so far and apply that to the classroom. Please follow the steps below:

You can think about two words that students have been having trouble with in class or you choose from the list below:

Pair Word One Word Two
V
arise
emerge
V
produce
create
N
need
requirement
V
take
receive
V
experience
face
J
particular
specific
J
low
small
J
personal
individual
J
serious
important
N
development
growth

Now think about the type of task you want to do with your students. You’ve already seen multiple examples of tasks in the classroom recording you watched as well as the tasks you did in the previous topic. However, to remind you, please click on the names below to expand:

Ask students to guess which words collocate with which word in the pair (and both if included). Then get them use The Word Sketch Difference tool to find words that collocate with only one of the pair of words and with both.

 
 
 

Give students a summary of the two words based but leave a space to complete the words. e.g. ___________ generally collocates with negative words, while _________ generally collocates with positive words. 

Ask students to explore Word Sketch difference to complete the definition.

 
 
 

Give students a series of sentences with the choice of words embedded within it. e.g. smoking can cause/affect damage to your lungs and ask them to guess the correct answer first. You might want to include some that take both.  Then get them to go to Word Sketch Difference to find the answer.

 
 
 
 

Now prepare the content and go away and try it with your students. After you have taught be prepared to share in the forum at the bottom of the page:

If you are not teaching this week….

We understand that some of you may not be currently teaching or have a class this week to experiment on. However, you can still share your findings and thoughts. You can tell us which column you would focus on (subject, object, modifier, etc.), which collocates are worth selecting for a task and which task type you would use.

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    • March 14, 2022 at 10:00 #39651
      Anastasios Asimakopoulos
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          @anastasios

          Please share your thoughts on the questions below:

          1. Which word pairing did you choose and what activities to accompany them?
          2. How easy/difficult did students find navigating sketch engine? What did you do to help them?
          3. How engaged were students with the content? Is there anything you would change for a future lesson if you did it again?
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