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ERIC Number: EJ1420494
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-6882
EISSN: EISSN-1745-526X
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WordSift: Reading Easier by Understanding Key Words
Ke Hu; Ying Deng; Xiaobin Liu
RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, v55 n1 p228-233 2024
High frequency words, which are key to a text, must be mastered to achieve minimum levels of reading proficiency. However, knowledge about the frequency of items in a language is very limited. Given this consideration, WordSift (www.wordsift.org), a word cloud tool based on high frequency and key words can assist English as a Foreign Language learners of intermediate level who have difficulty in reading the text due to limited vocabulary knowledge and all of its distinctive features can be applied in varied stages of reading instruction.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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