using spaced-repetition with esl classes, part 1
DESCRIPTION
Part one of a series of presentations about my project to trial using spaced-repetition software with my ESL classes to increase their retention of new vocabulary. For more information see my blog: http://steveneslwilliams.wordpress.com/2014/06/21/using-memrise-with-esl-classes/TRANSCRIPT
WHICH ARE THE
FLASHIEST FLASHCARDS?
Using Spaced-Repetition with ESL classes, part 1:
Why I chose Memrise
Anki
- Austere, text-based
- Harder to add
pictures and audio
- Not very user
friendly
- Iphone app is £20…
- Passive
+ Spaced
repetition
+ Can export
databases for
posterity
Quizlet
- No spaced
repetition
+ Play games with
the decks you
make
+ Popular so lots
of pre-made decks
+ Easy to use
interface, free
phone app
My Wordbook 2
+ Can make
own
flashcards on
phone, with
images and
sound
- No image
bank, have
to use own
- Prompts to
buy word
packs
- Random
words, not
in sections
Memrise
+ Free phone app
+ Easy to use
+ Don’t have to
upload images
+ Pictures, audio
and ‘mems’
+ Possibility of
crowd-sourcing
‘mems’
+ Spaced
repetition
- Can’t
export
- Mobile app
limited
compared
to website
- Best mems
use L1