Glosor.eu
I have chosen to examine a website called glosor.eu. When I first got introduced to this website, I was not entirely convinced that it really worked. It seemed a bit too complicated and unserious. But when I learned how to use it and understood how it worked, I started using it more and more and also started to like it. Glosor.eu is a handy tool that helps students to practice their vocabulary in a very fun and varying way. This website is a free resource that can be used by both teachers and students.
How does it work?
As I mentioned earlier, this recourse is free and you can choose if you want an account or not. The advantage of having an account is that you can log in and make a list with your own words that you need to practice on.
You can also save your words and practice them later and share them with your friends.
How can it be used by teachers?
There is an account that is only for teachers “lärarkonto”. Teachers can create exercises that the students can do or add a number of words each week that the students must learn. They can divide the students into groups and placing different vocabulary lists in each group. The lists can be locked so that the students cannot see the other lists but their own. It is also possible to print out the vocabulary lists and the exercises, and then use them as tests so that the teacher can assess the students. Teachers can also connect with each other and share their lists and ideas.
How can it be used by students?
Students need to create an account so they can make their own lists of words they feel they need to practice on. They can choose to first go through the words, train them and finally get the final test. The exercises are also designed in various kinds of games such as: driving a car, memory, match the words, bow game, hangman, train game, sort letters, quiz and the game mahjong. The results are not recorded. The student can save their lists and share them with others. By becoming friends with other people, you have access to their lists and can transfer them to your own account and save them there.
Other considerations
You can also have access to glosor.eu by smartphone. Unfortunately, it is not free because it is not used over the Internet. Therefore, it costs 15 SEK to download it. Obviously, it is unreasonable to require that your students have to download it, but it is good to let them know that it is available.
Enjoy!
-Burbuqe Krasniqi.
My teacher also used this website, and at first I felt exactly like you! I thought the site looked boring and as you said it seemed complicated to do all that the site demands of you; get an account, send invitations, mails, put in the words every time and so on. But after I started to use it I realized that it was a help and not a complication.
ReplyDeleteThe time I spent doing new lists after almost every English lesson was worth the result. The pupils love this study-help. Somehow it is much easier for them to practice on the computer instead of on papers. So in conclusion, I agree with you!
How you explained the website was good. You did not leave anything out so if I would not have known about this website I would still feel that I understood your guide of it well; all the functions and what you do on it.
I can only come up with one thing that you did not mention, and it is what age you think this site is appropriate for. My teacher used it in all the grades that she had English with, (fourth grade to sixth grade). But I think that this site is best suited for pupils from third grade up to fifth grade. At least that is what I think. The sixth graders that I had, thought that the games were a bit silly, but that could just be what this particular class thought.
But in general → Good job!