New Site: Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun

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New Site: Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun

Post by jrichman » Tue Nov 04, 2003 11:49 am

Hi Everyone!

I launched a new educational site that helps you learn English vocabulary.
The site is called:
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun

The address is:
http://www.vocabulary.co.il

Below is a brief description of each educational game on the site.

Word Search Game

This fun, Flash game has over 70 subjects with thousands of
words. Subjects covered include animals, astronomy, basketball,
clothing, computers, countries, furniture, geography, heteronyms,
nature, occupations, palindromes, shapes, shopping, spices, sports,
star trek, travel, vegetables, weather and many more.
There is an easy mode for the kids and a harder mode for teenagers
and adults. Each game is randomly generated. You can even print
out a blank game (and the solution page) for off-line playing.
Remember that looking at the solution page is a last resort :-)

Hangman

By taking your classic Hangman game and creating an
online version connected to a database with over 2,500 words,
I created a game that is fun to play and educational.
If you expect your simple "hang the man by the rope" drawing
then you are in for a surprise. The game is suitable for
both young students with topics like colors, food and games
to adults with topics ranging from the periodic table to world
capitals.

Match Game

Learning new words at a young age is not easy.
This Flash game will make learning English a fun experience.
The game has 3 levels of play and 7 card sets to choose from.
Pictures of the items are show on the screen and you can
hear the words spoken in English. The game is geared to
a young audience but older students that are learning
English as a second language will also benefit from hearing
the words pronounced in the game's learning mode.

The Vocabulary Quiz

Learning vocabulary from a textbook is boring. Learning
vocabulary by playing an interesting and challenging online
quiz is both fun and educational. Simply choose a topic,
level of play (easy versus hard questions) the timer setting
and the fun begins. The quiz randomly selects questions
from a database filled with hundreds of multiple choice
questions. The ever expanding database is filled with questions
that are suitable for grades 6 through 12 and for ESL students.
Students young and old will find the vocabulary quiz entertaining
and educational. Additional topics will be added on an ongoing basis.

The vocabulary site has something for everyone and
feedback is always appreciated.

Please forward this message to other teachers, parents and
students so they may benefit from this new educational site.

Enjoy!
Jacob Richman
[email protected]

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Post by Lorikeet » Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:22 pm

I had fun doing the hangman, and was going to use it with my students, but I notice it's down now. So I'll wait :D

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Post by jrichman » Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:21 am

Hi.
I just tried it and it is working.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il

It could have been a temporary communications or server problem.
Please let me know if there are any more problems.
Have a good day,
Jacob

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Post by Lorikeet » Wed Nov 05, 2003 2:24 am

Thanks. It's working for me too. I really like the site. I'm going to use it on my next "Activity Day" in my class. Did you make the .swf movies? They look really good.

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Thanks

Post by jrichman » Wed Nov 05, 2003 3:28 am

Thanks for the feedback.
I came up with the concepts but I did not program it.
I used a very good freelance Flash designer / programmer.
Have a good night,
Jacob

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really it is useful site

Post by sibel » Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:00 pm

thanks jrichman
yes it is really usefull site . I will write you after itry.bye
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amoshe
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Your site is cool !!!

Post by amoshe » Sat Nov 15, 2003 5:34 pm

:lol:
My husband and I have just visited your site, and we had a lot of fun playing games. I will use it in my classrooms for sure...
Thank you very very much.

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Post by jrichman » Sun Nov 16, 2003 1:32 am

Thanks.

Over the past several days I added 12 new topics with 500+ new words
to the Hangman and Word Search games.
The new topics are: chemistry, cooking, dinosaurs, farming,
geology, government and civics, music, music styles, numbers,
programming terms, reading material, stamp collecting
There are now 83 topics in the database with 3,069 words.

I also added 300 new questions to the Vocabulary Quiz.
The new quiz categories include:
Cooking in the Kitchen
Law and Order
Staying Healthy
There are now 870 quiz questions in the system.

Have a good week,
Jacob
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http://www.vocabulary.co.il

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Post by Lorikeet » Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:05 pm

Just wanted to let you know I had my class (adults, non-credit, community college, various language backgrounds and ages) use your site in class today, and it was very well-received. They had a good time learning vocabulary. Thanks for posting the link here.

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Great link...!!

Post by AlexZS » Fri Dec 19, 2003 3:54 pm

Just wanted to say thanks for introducing me your site. I do alot of private tutoring at my home and it can get a bit boring sometimes. :cry: But when I tell the students that if they remember to do their homework they can play on the site for 10 minutes, it seems the work always gets done.

Thanks again!!

Alex... :D

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