Activity 3: Using comments in the Glossary module for students to comment on keywords

Aim: Getting students to reflect on keywords

Moodle modules: Web page and Glossary

Extra programs: None

Ease of setup: *

Another way of engaging students is to give them the opportunity to comment on words in the glossary. This is good for several reasons:

• It helps them to process the word and so understand it and use it better

• It can be fun and interesting

• It can help teachers see if students have understood the word

In this activity we're going to focus students' attention on the vocabulary they will need for a reading text taken from the novel Around the World in 80 days by Jules Verne. You could use any text. By getting students to sort vocabulary and comment on it, we hope they will remember it better and appreciate the text that generated the vocabulary better.

There are various criteria we can give for selecting words to comment on. For example:

• Words you like

• Words you think are useful

• Words you want to understand...