Play with Opposites analisi dell'app per 21 dicembre

Playing with opposites is an App, which makes it fun to look for words that are opposites. By doing the games in the app you practice finding words that are opposites which stimulates and enhances your vocabulary. Playing with opposites also helps to organize the vocabulary by showing how words are connected which helps finding word when you need them. Both children and grown ups learning English benefit by learning which words are opposites. After neurological injuries where the language is affected it can be of help to work with Playing with opposites. Of course there are no purchases within app or advertising. Content: 50 pairs of words that are opposites Playing with opposites can be played two ways. It can be played as Pairs where opposites form a pair. It can also be played as a game where you chase words in bubbles that float around. When playing Pairs you can choose games with varying numbers of pairs which makes it easier or more difficult. The bubble games come in 5 levels with increasing difficulty. You can create your own games where you decide what number of pairs and what pairs you want to use. You do that by going to a word list/dictionary and pick what you want and also decide if you want to play Pairs or Bubbles. Your individual games can be saved. In the dictionary all the words are illustrated to enable you to look and learn. A woodpecker hops up a flagpole as a time marker and when the game is finished you can see if you were fast as a tortoise, frog, rabbit, or cheetah. The children don´t have to be readers to play as all word are shown as both picture and text. If you tap the pictures you hear a voice say the word. In the INFO section there is a theory chapter where you can read about vocabulary development and the importance of organizing the vocabulary and how you can help with that. The app is developed by speech pathologists/speech therapists with long experience of working with children with speech-language difficulties. It is supported and funded by the Swedish authority for remedial teaching ”Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten”.