Spring Break Seminar 2006 Miami Dade College

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Spring Break Seminar - 2006Miami Dade College

• By Gloria Leon Walter Kozloski

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Our Project

• Creating Interactive Web-Based Activities to
  Facilitate in the Acquisition of English and
  Spanish Language Academic Vocabulary.

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Why should one focus on learning High Frequency
and Academic Vocabulary?

• Click on the picture to the right to get the
  answer to this very important question.

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English Academic Vocabulary

• Now, click on the hungry frog to try these
  interactive academic vocabulary games and
  activities.

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America vs. Japan compare / contrast essay

• Now, click on the dancing bear to see the essay
  with the missing academic vocabulary. Select the
  words from the previous interactive exercises to
  fill in the blanks.

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America vs. Japan compare / contrast essay

• Finally, compare your version of the essay with
  the original. How close did you come? Click on
  the dancing bird to check.

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Spanish Academic Vocabulary

• Now, click on the happy smurf to try these
  interactive academic vocabulary games and
  activities in Spanish.

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Son los Estados Unidos y Japón en realidad tan
diferentes?

• Now, click on the tropical island to see the
  essay in Spanish with the missing academic
  vocabulary. Select the words from the previous
  interactive exercise to fill in the blanks.

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Son los Estados Unidos y Japón en realidad tan
diferentes?

• Finally, compare your version of the essay with
  the original. How close did you come? Click on
  the dancing bug to check.

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Learning Languages Can Be Fun!

• Now, click on the dancing animals to try these
  interactive vocabulary games and activities in
  English, Spanish and French Creole.

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English / Spanish online dictionaries /
translation tools

• The American Heritage Spanish Dictionary
  Spanish/English, Inglés/Español
• Dictionary of Spanish
• Google translation

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English / French Creole online dictionaries /
translation tools

• Kreyol Haitian Creole Dictionary
• Google translation

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English online dictionaries / translation tools

• Heinle Newbury House Online Dictionary
• Vocabulary Profiler