APPRECIATE THROUGH APPS

A VOCABULARY ACTION PLAN FOR SOCIAL-MEDIA CRAZY ENGINEERS

KAISH Q KHAN , INDIA.

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SOCIAL MEDIA CHOICES

• Facebook : A hugely popular platform that has a

majority of world’s youth connected for multiple
purposes.
FACEBOOK + PINTEREST

➢Facebook is the major source of interaction among the learners

➢Pinterest, though not installed and accessed, is a repository of graphic micro-lessons.

➢Together, the reach and appeal will drive the lesson in an effective direction.

➢The learning can take place at the learner’s choice of time, place and duration.
WHY THIS MODULE ?

❖ Learners find “lack of appropriate words” a major hurdle in achieving fluency.

❖ Redundancy is highly undesirable at this level (Undergraduate)

❖ An essential component of their syllabus (aimed at clearing hiring processes) is SYNONYMS

❖ The benefits of this section will also extend to their performance in Analogy.
WHY THIS LESSON ?
o The lesson will take place first on the app to be followed by a classroom discussion.

o The action plan involves following a pin from Pinterest, either by link or attached file (jpg).

o Using the list in the Pin, the learners choose some synonyms of GREAT to compliment on Facebook.

o This will take place in the middle of the semester when the focus shifts from Grammar to Vocabulary

o This will be followed by more sessions on vocabulary, making them ready with a strategy to adapt

further.
 • 20-21 year old
• Engineering students
THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE FUN • Undergraduate level (3rd year)
CLASS • Intermediate proficiency

~ • Course meant to prepare them to

crack recruitment rounds.
HOW THE FUN-LEARN UNFOLDS
✓ The activity begins one day early in the evening.
✓ A pin is shared among the Closed Group members on Facebook
✓ They use a word from the list to appreciate their peers on some photo or post on their Facebook profile.
✓ The praised one, responds using another word from the list.
✓ Next day, In the class, the output is observed and feedback given as a whole with certain examples from the
previous interaction.
FUN-STRUCTIONS FOR THE LEARNERS ~ HOW TO..

Save the Pin in

Choose a
Pinterest App
Compliment
and read the list

Appreciate a Go to Friend’s
Post/Pic they Profile on your
have put up Facebook App

Use the word as Check if you

the 8th word of have got a
your Comment praise. Respond
MODE OF LEARNING: INCIDENTAL OR INTENTIONAL

• The learning is intended to be Intentional as the list is exhaustive and topical.

• The learner makes a conscious choice of word based on requirement

• S/he uses it in a context after weighing the appropriateness

• S/He responds to a target word used by someone else

• The words are reinforced through multiple use

 FAN-DOM POSSIBILITIES

• No, it doesn’t connect them to an existing Fan Community

• It rather creates an indigenous Fan base- That of each other’s profiles.

• There is no media or theme to celebrate other than their own imagery/thoughts.

• It slowly builds up a community of self-motivating individual bonding around a common cause

• They may be moved to rally around a common personality – present among them / Imaginary College
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 CONTEXTUAL VOCAB ABSORPTION
• YES, IT DOES > encourage learning of Vocabulary in context

• It gives them clear instructions to utilize the Synonyms in a fitting scenario.

• They apply it in real time and for a genuine purpose – achievable only when context is

known.

• Feedback generated for peer reviews is also contextual and not artificial.

• This can be recreated over and over as the setting is regular.