Wordle.net is an online tool which is used to create Word Clouds. Here is an example of a word cloud:
This Word Cloud was made using the ‘monkey keeps stealing my peanuts‘ joke. Note that the more a word appears in the text, the bigger it will be in the cloud. In the joke, for example, […]
Tags: Lesson plans · Songs · Writing
In my last posting I gave alist of 10 songs containing either ‘going to’ or gonna or both. In this posting, I am going to show you howI found them.
In the old days, if you had wanted to find 10 songs each containing a piece of target language, you would have had to do one […]
Tags: 'Used to' · Ain't · Grammar · Learner-friendly corpora · Present perfect continuous · Songs · Using YouTube
Song hangman
I heard a song the other day that would seem to confirm a suspicion I have had for a while now. The song, which is called Chapel of love goes something like this:
Go-win’ to the chapel and we’re gonna get married
Go-win’ to the chapel and we’re gonna get married
Gee, I really love you and […]
Tags: 'Going to' and gonna · Grammar · Lesson plans · Songs