An Oxford word skill is software for advance language learning. This software is easy to use and carry. Students do not need to install it, they can carry it with any storage device and it is easily distributable. This software is developed by oxford university press. It is designed for advanced learners. It opens a opportunity to the learner to enhance their vocabulary and their usages of this vocabulary in different context. From this software a student can practice and learn a known word differently and try these words to use their every day to day life conversation. So in this point it is not only helpful for the student but also for the teacher.
The tool’s has eighty units and their twelve headings. The headings are: Expanding your vocabulary, The body, You and other people, Leisure and lifestyle, A changing world, Institutions, News and current affairs, work and finance, concepts, spoken English, written English, Aspects of language. In every headings there are different units, such as- asking about meaning, explaining meaning and style, phrasal verb and compound noun, words describing change, explaining job benefit etc.
Different unit contains different exercises, which are easy and simple to follow. In every exercise there are two options for the learner, learner can read the text and at the same time they can listen to the text. It helps learner reading skills and listening skill also and side by side it also develop their pronunciations. To listen the text there are two buttons (play and stop) at the lower left corner. Learner needs to click on play button and he/she can listen the audio track speaking by a native speaker. And the interesting part is the audio part has male and female speaker. There are two levels in the exercise. When the learner completes their first exercise s/he has to get the next step, which is little bit hard from the previous one. There is another button showing Notebook. By clicking on it learner can write notes and save the notes and print them also. While learner doing their exercise they will get two chances to complete their tasks. It’s a great opportunity for them. Because while they are doing wrong in their exercise, wrong answer is shown to them and after doing it correctly they will get chance to go to the next level.
Oxford word skill opens a platform for different type of people. Different people have different need to learn English for different purposes. Learner can learn how to want to know medical related help from the hospital, how to talk about food, film, holiday, competitive sports, kitchen utensils etc. learner who are interested in finance they can get knowledge, how to explain job market, business world, money market, time management, workplace disputes etc. learner who wants to improve their speaking and writing they also get knowledge and information through exercises. One of the Krashen’s hypotheses, Affective filter hypothesis is working here that is learners feel free to practice without interfering others So at the end we can say that this tool is helpful for every kind of learner college/ university student, homemaker, working man/woman all types of learner. OWS is just open the field to explore one need to explore by ones interest to get knowledge through practical experience.
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