It’s Saturday, August 1, 2020, and time for Foreign Languages at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
Wordplay – Spanish Vocabulary Game
(www.wordplay.com/)
Age Range: 10-18 (Grades 4-12, with parental supervision)
Quickly master over a thousand Spanish vocabulary words with this online learning tool powered by Brainrush that teaches using a simple game atmosphere.
After creating a free account and logging in, select the lesson you want to work on by using the menu of lessons. All of the lessons are nicely broken down into bite-size pieces of about 10 words each. With over 100 lessons, you can easily find lessons to supplement your curriculum. Some of the vocabulary topics covered are:
- Basic Words
- Numbers
- Important verbs
- Opening and closing phrases
- Adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions
- Colors
- Conversations
- Question words
- Comparisons
- People, Nationalities, Professions
- Time, holidays, and Weather
- School words
- Words related to food and eating
- Words related to the home
- Emotions
- Clothing and Fabric
- Places, transportation, and travel
- The body
- Animals
- Sports
- And much more.
Vocabulary is presented on illustrated tiles that include the Spanish word and English translation. Click the tile to hear both translations. When you have finished reviewing the tiles, select the “Play” button and the games begin. In the first stage of the game, students try to match the word before it reaches the bottom of the game field. When the student matches correctly both translations are said aloud. Once stage 1 is mastered you are moved onto stage 2 in which a word tile is presented and students must type the correct Spanish or English word in the box provided. If the student inputs the incorrect answer, the program gives the correct answer and the student corrects their error, quickly reinforcing the proper translation spelling. When you finish stage 2 you are moved onto the next lesson and the process begins again.
Some additional features that this site offers:
- Wordplay adjusts difficulty to match your skill
- Reviews are automatically scheduled to build long term retention
- Each tile has a mastery meter that fills in green as you develop mastery and then blue as you build retention
- Downloadable PDFs of course content
- Downloadable progress reports
As an added bonus, you can request to have a Teacher’s account created for you where you can create your own courses, set up multiple students, and monitor their progress.
Please note that this is an ad-supported website, but they are minimal and don’t appear to be distracting when using the games.
If you are looking for a no-frills Spanish vocabulary program, you will certainly want to check out this site.
