Reference Materials
Visual DictionaryVisual dictionaries such as Snappy Words are very helpful for finding connections of words.
It shows the connections between words in different colors, it will catch students' attention more easily.
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ConcordancerConcordancers is a tool for learning the usage of words.
It provides multiple real-life examples of particular words. It also shows the frequency of how the words being used. It helps students to understand better about the usage and meaning of words, especially for those words which have more than one part of speech. |
Internet Search BoxReliable internet search box like Google Scholar can help teachers for academic research. It provides countless research paper and articles on different topics that wrote by scholars from all over the world.
It is also recommended when teaching high proficiency level students to get more resources and practice by reading these academic essays. |
TranslatorsOnline translators such as Google Translate provide an effective way for students to get the main idea very easily.
It helps to save time when they need to do lots of top-down reading exercises. It provides pronunciation of the inputted information. It also serves as many different languages. However, the result may not be accurate every time. |