teaching word meaning through context clues

Báo cáo khoa học: "Exemplar-Based Models for Word Meaning In Context" pptx

Báo cáo khoa học: "Exemplar-Based Models for Word Meaning In Context" pptx

... distributional repre- sentations for word meaning in context, using the context to activate relevant exemplars. Comparing representations of context, bag-of-words (BOW) representations are more ... strong clues as to word sense. 5 Conclusions and Outlook This paper reports on work in progress on an ex- emplar activation model as an alternative to one- vector-per -word approaches to word meaning ... dynamically for each sentence context, using a simple bag-of-words representation of context. In cognitive science, prototype models predict degree of category membership through similar- ity to a...

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Teaching Conversation Strategies Through Pair

Teaching Conversation Strategies Through Pair

... students negotiating meaning, and they areasked to make notes of 1) what the words/sentences are that are not understood, and 2) what the students in the video say to make the meaning clear. After ... another word which you THINK has a similar meaning (ex. "Martial arts? Like karate?"). For giving clarification, we introduce these strategies, and the mnemonic DUG: 1. Define the word( s) ... lends legitimacy to the process of negotiating meaning with which learners must become comfortable. The first objection above, that of students teaching students incorrectly, is based on the...

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Determining Meaning from Context

Determining Meaning from Context

... the context of the sentence to determine the meaning of the italicized word. Determining Meaning from Context 2 16 DETERMINING MEANING FROM CONTEXT 23 There are two other types of context clues ... tone. GLOSSARY DENOTATION a word s exact meaning or dictionary definition CONNOTATION a word s implied meaning or emotional impact When you come across an unfamiliar word, the context will often reveal a ... your word base, the more you will comprehend, and the less time you will spend looking up words. Ever since you were learning your first words, you have been determining meaning from context. Context...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Soft Syntactic Constraints for Word Alignment through Discriminative Training" pot

Báo cáo khoa học: "Soft Syntactic Constraints for Word Alignment through Discriminative Training" pot

... bilin- gual word alignment finds word- to -word connec- tions across languages. Originally introduced as a byproduct of training statistical translation models in (Brown et al., 1993), word alignment ... traditional word alignment techniques. Otherwise, the features remain the same, including distance features that measure abs  j |E| − k |F |  ; orthographic features; word frequencies; common -word ... structure that connects two parallel sentences, and a link be one of the word- to -word connections that make up an alignment. All word alignment methods benefit from some set of constraints. These limit the...

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TEACHING LANGUAGE SKILLS THROUGH DRAMA

TEACHING LANGUAGE SKILLS THROUGH DRAMA

... can be learning the word order activity, where students representing the words of a sentence are asked to physically move around to produce a sentence with the correct word order. Sentence ... language. 1. Meaningful situations - Language should be "used in meaningful situations" (www.melta.org.my). Among essential prerequisites for the language to be introduced belong meaningful ... belong meaningful situations or context. The teacher's task is to secure, that the context is in a maximum possible way appealing to the students. An appropriate context provides an opportunity...

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CHAPTER 2: WORD MEANING pdf

CHAPTER 2: WORD MEANING pdf

... sth lasts. Spell 2 (n): #magic; words that are thought to have magic power or to make a piece of magic work, a piece of magic that happens when sb says magic words. 4. To spit(v) To spit 1 ...

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Determining meaning from context 1 pdf

Determining meaning from context 1 pdf

... words in the question: how many, bites, and death. Then, scan the paragraph looking for the sentence that discusses the number of deadly bites. Note that the key word might not be the exact word ... case, your key words are number, bites, and fatal. But you won’t find “fatal” anywhere in the pas- sage. As you scan, then, you need to keep your eyes open for the key words and other words that might ... organized by chronology provide us with lots of clues to help us follow the passage of time. They use transitional words and phrases to guide us through the text. The transitions help us see when...

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Determining meaning from context 2 docx

Determining meaning from context 2 docx

... the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words.You have to look for clues in the context. The best clues typ- ically come from the writer’s word choice. W ORD CHOICE Often the best clues to meaning ... subject. By looking closely at word choice, you will find clues that can help you better understand the text. Word choice clues can come in the following forms: ■ particular words and phrases that the ... become more aware of connotation, rank the following sets of words. Give the word with the strongest connotation a score of (1) and the word with the weakest (most neutral) connota- tion a (4). 1....

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Determining meaning from context 3 pot

Determining meaning from context 3 pot

... diabetes d. to describe the health problem caused by both types of diabetes 8. The word alleviate in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to a. get rid of. b. reduce. c. increase. d. medicate. 9. Insulin ... more freedom to play with grammar and stylistic conventions. We can use slang, clip off endings of words, and state incomplete or run-on thoughts. Because we are speaking, often for- mulating our ... a meal, the normal digestive system breaks some food down into glucose. The blood carries glucose throughout the body, causing blood glucose levels to rise. In response to this rise, the hormone insulin...

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Determining meaning from context 4 pdf

Determining meaning from context 4 pdf

... sentences (“structure” sentences with underlined words and phrases will be questions) and Part B consists of 25 sentences with presented at random. underlined words and phrases (“written expression” questions). The ... depending upon how you answered the first question. The rest of the questions will follow this pattern. Throughout the struc- ture section on the computer-based test, the level of difficulty of each question ... STYLE– 53 Computer-Based Test vs. Paper-Based Test INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT CLAUSES A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate (clauses can have direct and indirect objects, too). A...

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Determining meaning from context 5 doc

Determining meaning from context 5 doc

... torn wear wore worn blow blew blown draw drew drawn fly flew flown A word s part of speech determines its function and form. The word quiet, for example, can be either a verb or an adjective; it ... independent thought, however, can stand alone. What makes the dependent clause above dependent is the word because. Because is one of many subor- dinating conjunctions like the following: SUBORDINATING ... INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT CLAUSES A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate (clauses can have direct and indirect objects, too). A...

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Determining meaning from context 6 pdf

Determining meaning from context 6 pdf

... the correct answer to fill in the blank. If the question has four underlined words or phrases, choose the underlined word or phrase that is incorrect. Yo u will find the Answer Key in Appendix A. 1. ... PRESENT PAST MEANING EXAMPLES & FUTURE will, shall would intention I will go to the store right away. She...

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Determining meaning from context 7 potx

Determining meaning from context 7 potx

... agree with their subject. 4. Make sure the correct helping verbs are used to convey the intended meaning. 5. Use infinitives and gerunds correctly. advise allow ask cause command convince encourage expect force need order persuade remind require tell urge want warn Study...

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Determining meaning from context 8 pps

Determining meaning from context 8 pps

... the word that comes before the pronoun and which the pronoun replaces. For example, in the following sentence: Male seahorses carry the eggs in their pouches for two to three weeks. The word...

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Determining meaning from context 9 doc

Determining meaning from context 9 doc

... structure, and wordiness and redundancy. M ISPLACED AND D ANGLING MODIFIERS Be sure to place words, phrases, or clauses that describe nouns and pronouns as closely as possible to the words they describe. ... in the waiting room. (Time is a singular/non-count noun.) GOOD/B AD, WELL/BADLY These pairs of words—good/well, bad/badly—are often confused. The key to proper usage is to understand their function ... the modifier. To create the comparative form, either: 1. add -er to the modifier, or 2. place the word more or less before the modifier. In general, add -er to short modifiers (one or two syllables)....

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