Vocabulary: Strategies for Vocabulary Learning & Retention (C2) - Lesson 9: Critically Evaluating and Selecting Vocabulary Learning Resources and Techniques

Vocabulary: Strategies for Vocabulary Learning & Retention (C2) - Lesson 9: Critically Evaluating and Selecting Vocabulary Learning Resources and Techniques

Lesson 9: Critically Evaluating Learning Resources Choosing the Best Tools for Mastery As a C1-level learner, you are inundated with apps, websites, and books all promising fluency. Your most valuable asset is now your time. Therefore, the ability to critically evaluate which resources are effective and which are a waste of time is an essential skill. This lesson provides a framework based on sound pedagogy to help you assess the efficacy of any learning tool. Key Vocabulary To Critically Evaluate (verb phrase) | វាយតម្លៃដោយការពិចារណា To judge the quality, importance, or value of something after careful and serious thought. Pedagogy (noun) | គរុកោសល្យ The theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Efficacy (noun) | ប្រសិទ្ធភាព The ability, especially of a medicine or a method of achieving something, to produce the intended result. A Framework for Evaluating Resources When you encounter a ne…