New! Wordsmyth’s Spelling activity for assessment
To support educators’ needs in assessing students’ vocabulary skills, we’ve added Spelling as a new activity in our Vocabulary Center.
For an easy test, students can play the audio pronunciation to listen to the word, then type out the spelling with the hint of how many letters the word contains. Teachers can also choose the more difficult level, in which the only clue is the definition of the word. This tests for meaning as well as spelling.
Database update
Every year, we update our dictionary data with newly added headwords, phrases, images, and animations. After completing the recent update, Wordsmyth dictionaries contain a total of 58,315 headwords; 12,987 multi-word expressions; 6,317 images; and 370 animations. Our dictionary apps are also updated.
Student & ELL Dictionary app: composed of dictionaries at 3 levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced. Users can easily move up or down between levels to find simpler or more advanced definitions.
Children’s Dictionary app: a dictionary with simple and clear definitions designed for upper elementary and middle school students, which can be used with or without an internet connection.
Idiomatic phrases in Wordsmyth dictionaries
Wordsmyth has recently updated its collection of idiomatic phrases. We’ve added both more senses and more example sentences, especially to phrasal verbs. This update will make Wordsmyth an even more helpful and powerful tool for learners and teachers of English.
Did you know that Wordsmyth phrases each have their own entries? This makes searching for a particular phrase very simple. Just type the phrase into the search box! No need to look up and search through the entry for “get” if you’re looking for “get away with” or “get around to.” Still, if you’d like to see other phrases with “get,” they can easily be seen listed in the entry for “get.”
Learn more about Wordsmyth phrases and how language learners can benefit from this richly defined and easily accessed resource.