tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post8134221667317903013..comments2024-03-19T05:42:25.442+00:00Comments on Leoxicon: One word leads to ... or you've been primed!Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-53517814514067685092019-06-29T02:13:50.012+01:002019-06-29T02:13:50.012+01:00Hi Leo,
This is an amazing post. it's really h...Hi Leo,<br />This is an amazing post. it's really helped me develop my vocab since I came across it. I'm gonna try it with mt students next year as we have stopped right now.Thanks and keep it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602331092445721293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-19584436970600899212016-10-25T08:44:30.915+01:002016-10-25T08:44:30.915+01:00Hi Leo,
Great post. It inspired me to record a sho...Hi Leo,<br />Great post. It inspired me to record a short tutorial video for teachers about using netspeak: http://wp.me/p6Rs4v-cCMarek Kiczkowiakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852185437294420885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-45035733983517208082016-01-13T17:37:15.623+00:002016-01-13T17:37:15.623+00:00Its considered to be important thing analyze every...Its considered to be important thing analyze everything with with this Lexical Priming and I'm quite sure that this would indeed help in transcribing and assisting with different texts as well. <a href="http://www.rewritingservices.org/how-article-rewriting-service-works/" rel="nofollow">article rewriting service</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-79876334541629839272016-01-12T18:36:26.154+00:002016-01-12T18:36:26.154+00:00Hi Claudia,
I'm pleased to hear that you'v...Hi Claudia,<br />I'm pleased to hear that you've found what you've been looking for on my blog. Feel free to use any of the materials or idea I post here.<br />LLeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-39028795243273027392016-01-06T09:54:52.484+00:002016-01-06T09:54:52.484+00:00Thanks Leo- this is exactly what I have been looki...Thanks Leo- this is exactly what I have been looking for! I really love and appreciate your sight-it reminds me of all those little (great) bits of lessons that somehow get lost along the way and enables me to bring them back into the classroom again! :-)Claudia Molnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-46790467290886479382013-05-01T18:35:59.280+01:002013-05-01T18:35:59.280+01:00Hi Phil
Thank you for the comment and compliment!...Hi Phil<br /><br />Thank you for the comment and compliment!<br /><br />To be honest, after I discovered Netspeak, got all excited about it (circa the date of this post) and introduced my students and teachers I work with to it I haven't followed up. I still use it occasionally but don't know if they do. <br />I think I might have to think of another, structured activity for it - not just "go explore it at home". But you're right: it has its limitations. I like it for the frequency counts but the examples can be awful sometimes.<br /><br />Good to have you here!<br />Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-30896434336245421642013-04-26T18:31:45.923+01:002013-04-26T18:31:45.923+01:00Love your blog and love the theory of lexical prim...Love your blog and love the theory of lexical priming. First came across it a few years ago, then again on my MA course, a few months before the date of this post. I subsequently investigated the behaviour of the phrase 'public interest' using the Collins Wordbank corpus - WordCloud of my essay at http://tinyurl.com/cb8fjmo.<br /><br />Netspeak appears to be a useful tool for investigating lexical chunks. Clearly you would ask students to try out some chunks first before they use Netspeak to see how 'primed' they are. But I'm not sure whether the tool works as accurately as could be hoped for. I was interested that in your example, 'amaze' was the only word that came up (86.8%), showing a strong concordance, but that still left 13.2% for other words. I wanted to know what they were. 'It never rains but it (pours)' - 95.8% and 'all over bar the (shooting)' - sic - 15.8% were other chunks which I tried that only offered one suggestion. I expected a longer list. Furthermore, if Google is the corpus used then I would expect a load more 'hits' than come up. So my question is do you think Netspeak is as good/useful as it first appears to be? Do you still use it in class? I ask as it is almost a year since you posted.Teacher Philihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09765061241059919749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-32779086105357010652012-06-01T19:08:55.650+01:002012-06-01T19:08:55.650+01:00Hi Steve
Thanks for your comment!
I know what you ...Hi Steve<br />Thanks for your comment!<br />I know what you mean about some students never passing through the "doubting stage" - quite a lot of them rely on L1 and believe that what works in one language will work in another. So it's our responsibility as teachers to break down this notion.Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-79280631320665423842012-06-01T19:06:16.456+01:002012-06-01T19:06:16.456+01:00Thanks, Caroline. The Cobuild corpus site has disa...Thanks, Caroline. The Cobuild corpus site has disappeared but you have BNC and COCA (<a href="http://corpus.byu.edu/" rel="nofollow">http://corpus.byu.edu</a>) - I'm planning to blog about corpora sometime too.Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-52422712488356688252012-05-25T23:03:30.112+01:002012-05-25T23:03:30.112+01:00Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment, Elan...Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment, Elana. <br /><br />Advanced - or I'd say post-intermediate - learners can certainly benefit from this tool but I wonder how it can be used with lower levels too...Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-962165236045773212012-05-25T23:01:49.008+01:002012-05-25T23:01:49.008+01:00Thanks, Brad. But I think they can benefit from th...Thanks, Brad. But I think they can benefit from this tool if they want to be effective users too, don't you think?Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-72242092254681157232012-05-19T08:00:56.921+01:002012-05-19T08:00:56.921+01:00I have not come across Netspeak before. I will de...I have not come across Netspeak before. I will definitely try it out.<br />Your pointing to it being handy "when you have doubts..." set me thinking about how to use it to help me with so many of my students who never seem to pass through the "doubting"stage. Using Mindset creatively, as you have done, might well be a way to slow them down before plowing ahead or to encourage checking their completed tasks.Steve Hellmannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-1165584641140985652012-05-18T15:29:00.496+01:002012-05-18T15:29:00.496+01:00That sounds useful! I used to use the Cobuild one...That sounds useful! I used to use the Cobuild one until it stopped working. Thanks!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197991188139210584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-77379873436479834592012-05-13T16:17:06.325+01:002012-05-13T16:17:06.325+01:00Great tool! I will try it with my advanced high sc...Great tool! I will try it with my advanced high school students who often encounter exactly the types of lexical difficulties you've mentioned. They have excellent vocabularies, but they haven't heard enough English to know which words collocate or which prepositions are correct. -Elanaelanabothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766944966270446632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-19345180126953114382012-05-13T12:01:09.628+01:002012-05-13T12:01:09.628+01:00Love this idea: getting students to go beyond user...Love this idea: getting students to go beyond users to become researchers of the language. Tip of the hat for the find, Leo!Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434760963789275129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-37662362038246883262012-05-13T08:35:36.330+01:002012-05-13T08:35:36.330+01:00Thanks for stopping by, Dan. BYU is indeed more co...Thanks for stopping by, Dan. BYU is indeed more complicated and perhaps for more analytically minded students - I am planning to write up a post about it too.Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-53397863915966607582012-05-13T05:47:15.510+01:002012-05-13T05:47:15.510+01:00Fantastic post, Leo. I've used Netspeak in my ...Fantastic post, Leo. I've used Netspeak in my advanced level classes for about a year now. Very easy to use and students extensively use it outside of the classroom. I'm interested in trying the BYU corpus with students but it's a lot more complicated...Dan Ruellehttp://twitter.com/danrmitvnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-76928184483768794632012-05-12T22:12:24.830+01:002012-05-12T22:12:24.830+01:00Thanks, Mura!
It seems Netspeak uses Google - acco...Thanks, Mura!<br />It seems Netspeak uses Google - according to this <a href="http://www.webis.de/research/projects/netspeak" rel="nofollow">http://www.webis.de/research/projects/netspeak</a><br />LEOLeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-33908252909641510002012-05-12T21:14:42.542+01:002012-05-12T21:14:42.542+01:00great post, Netspeak looks like students and teach...great post, Netspeak looks like students and teachers can use it easily :). Do you know what corpus Netspeak uses?<br />ta<br />muraMurahttp://eflnotes.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com