I first discovered Quizlet Live this past semester while collaborating
with an English teacher colleague. I had been making sets in Quizlet for my
students to study and realized how easy it was to make it a collaborative whole
class activity. To use Quizlet Live, you need at least 6 students and an existing
Quizlet set. Students are given a code, similar to in Kahoot, and then
automatically placed into teams. The teams are given animal names in the target
language too! The students have to work together to match the answers.
This blog post, by Kristy Placido, helped give me further
ideas about how to use Quizlet Live in the classroom. I also thought about
defining the vocabulary in the target language to avoid the use of English. It could
also be used to match states or countries and capitals or to identify tenses.
The set possibilities are endless and can be more complex than just English to
target language.
I feel that this is a worthwhile tool to use in
my class for a variety of reasons: students don’t need to know the vocabulary
very well in advance, the games go quickly and students are highly motivated by the
competition. Students must also work together, which promotes collaboration among
peers.
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