Word cloud or word mapping consist series of words that are related to a topic. It is really useful way to conduct vocabulary learning. There are two web based application provide free word cloud: Wordle and WordSift.
Wordle. The picture above is a word cloud made using wordle. Wordle is a toy for generating
“word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds
give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently
in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different
fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
The images you create with Wordle are yours
to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them
to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
WordSift. It is almost the same with Wordle. The steps to make are easy. First, make your own text. Then go to http://www.wordsift.com/. Please copy and paste your text in box displayed in Wordsift homepage. Once you click the 'Sift' button. the picture would appear as shown above. Sorry for its bad quality. I made my own WordSift as purpose of teaching vocabulary. For example, it was about the theme 'what activity you and family do during holiday break?'. Based on the text I submitted in the box, I got those point. WordSift will selectively choose the most appropriate words in related to the topic. So, we can be concise of what suitable words would be best describe the topic.
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