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Review on VoLT (Vocabulary Learning Techniques):

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VoLT, also known as Vocabulary Learning Techniques is a mobile only app developed by Abhishek Jain. It is an android-based app which will only work on Android phones (version 4.0.3 and up) and not on Apple products. The app can be downloaded for free from Google Play Store. The Learning Outcomes: You can pretty much understand the core learning outcomes of this app just after the initial screen which says, “Learn words, revise, take tests and much more.” The app is mostly targeted towards the CAT, GMAT, GRE , SAT, IELTS, TOEFL etc. examiners. From the app, students will be able to learn easy or complex vocabularies and the sentences created by those vocabularies. They will also be able to learn new words by analyzing pictures, GIFs and video tutorials. User Friendliness: The user interface is very interactive and it is really fun to navigate around the app. The app provides many features for the users to learn new words. So, there is always something new in whichever feature the
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Data-Driven Learning Lesson Design Prototype

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Learning 5 words by Data Driven Learning methods. The five words are  Nuisance, Obligation, Evaluation, Hazardous and Unconventional The method To teach the students, I have set up some tasks which will guide the students in various stimulus process and also in learning to use the Concordance available in the internet. Let's look at a demo task pattern. For this pattern I have chosen the world " Unconventional " Task 1: Look at the pictures down below and try to guess what part is same in all of these pictures Task 2: Write down what you guessed. Ans: Task 3: Take a look at the 3 sentences below and guess what the underlined word can mean. 1. Business today is all about bringing unconventional solutions to the market. 2. It is unconventional to have a wedding ceremony on a cruise ship. 3. His business methods were unconventional but successful. Task 4: Write 3 possible synonyms (similar words) of the underlined word
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3 Language Learning Blogs Review

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In my last class I was tasked to find 3 language learning blogs and write  a  short description about  each of  them.  So,  I took this opportunity to dive into the realm of internet and searched for top language learning blogs of this time.  Of course,  we are living in 2018 now, so the quantity of such blogs  is  vast in size and dynamic in quality.  So,  you can imagine it was a bit tough to find proper blogs to write about and I indeed found them. Here are the 3 language learning blogs I have found that are frequently suggested everywhere.   Fluent in 3 Months   https://www.fluentin3months.com/   The first one I found is Fluent In 3 Months , a blog  produced by Benny Lewis – a best-selling author and internationally renowned hyper-polyglot . A polyglot (a word I never knew before until I found it through this site) means knowing or using several languages.   This blog is basically a high-value membership site to help  language learners . The site requires
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Thoughts on Freerice.com

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Freerice.com is a non-governmental donation based website with a twist. Instead of being traditional donation sites where it’s just a message, target goals and asking people of money, Freerice incorporates competitive educational gaming feature to promote their cause. In short, Freerice lets people play, learn, receive and give. Basically, what this website does is letting any visitor play MCQ based answering game, and for each correct answer it donates specific amount of rice grain to the affected people around the world through their World Food Program. User Friendliness: The user friendliness of this site is the first noticeable feature other than the game itself. The website is simple, and easy to navigate. There is no page-inside-page so no visitor will feel lost and each page can direct user to any other page back and forth. Also, the site’s homepage immediately introduces any visitor with the game (with more or less easy questions so the visitor does not get bothered
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