Week 2. 學習單字的應用軟體
Learning
Vocabulary: Quizlet and how to use it
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Learning
a language is hard work. To be successful, you need to develop some strategies
that fit with your goals, you need to have determination, and you need to make
practicing it a part of your daily life.
There are various ways to think about language learning. You hear people
talk about the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. You
also hear your teachers talk about improving your vocabulary, grammar, and
pronunciation. This lesson is going to focus on vocabulary and how you can
learn words by using apps, specifically, Quizlet.
Perhaps
you have classmates or friends who read through a dictionary trying to memorize
vocabulary. Maybe you know people who keep lists of words, studying the
vocabulary whenever they have free time. If this works for you, that is great.
While memorizing lists of words in isolation may work for some people, it is
recommended that you try to learn vocabulary in context. In other words, when study
vocabulary, it might be more beneficial for you to study words in sentences.
The
old-fashioned way is to make flashcards where you write the Mandarin word for
‘apple’ on one side of the card and the English word ‘apple’ and ‘noun’ on the
other side of the card. For this kind of vocabulary, this may be sufficient.
However, once you start learning higher level vocabulary, especially more
abstract words, you may want to change the way you make your cards. As many
Taiwanese have trouble with bored vs. boring, you could make some cards that
have ‘This movie is boring. I’m bored.’ on one side and the Mandarin on the
other side. You could make multiple sets of cards with similar uses to drill
the difference. You could write ‘This lecture is boring.’; ‘How do you like the
book (you’re reading)? It’s boring.’; ‘This game is boring.’; ‘I’m bored. Do
you want to play basketball?’
Besides
using the vocabulary in sentences, another key point is to try to use the words
as you might use them in daily life. Often times textbooks and tests use
vocabulary in sentences in ways that are not natural-sounding or the way people
usually use the words in daily life. When you learn or practice something in a
daily life context, you will be more likely to remember it and maybe even use
it in your daily life one day!
Take
a look at the videos about Quizlet and try to play around with the computer
version or smartphone app. It is
probably better to make your own set or cards or search for cards that other
people have already prepared on your computer. You can try the different ways
to practice the vocabulary on the computer and with the app. Through the
different functions, you can practice vocabulary as well as listening,
spelling, typing, and reading.
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