Learn English Using Powerpoint
PowerPoint can be a powerful tool for learning the English language. Easily adapted to your focus, be it vocabulary or grammar skills, the PowerPoint format allows two pieces of information on the same screen to appear one after the other. This means that it can function as a flash card would, or a fill-in-the-bank worksheet, allowing you to see the question, giving you time to think, then displaying the answer.
Instructions
Instructions
1. Turn on your computer and open the PowerPoint program.
2. Click File, then click New Presentation--if one does not appear automatically upon opening the program.
3. Type the title of the presentation into the first slide (e.g. Food Vocabulary, Present Perfect Practice, etc.).
4. Click Insert and click New Slide.
5. Type the English vocabulary word or the English grammar exercise (leaving out the answer, or leaving a blank line in its place) that you want to practice into the title box.
6. Type the definition of the word or the answer to the grammar exercise into the text box. Alternatively, for vocabulary practice, insert a picture defining the English word into the box, either a picture from Clip Art or a photo saved on your computer.
7. Keep the slide on your screen and click on Custom Animation.
8. Click on the Title box and choose the entrance effect that you want to use.
9. Click on the text box with the definition, answer, or photo in it, and choose the entrance effect that you want to use.
10. For slides with photos, reverse the animation order so that the definition or picture comes first and you must guess the word. For definition and grammar exercise slides, leave the animation order as it is.
11. Repeat steps 4-10 for each vocabulary word or grammar exercise on your list.
12. Click Slideshow then View Slidessee your entire presentation and practice. Click the mouse to check to see if you got the right answer and to move from slide to slide.
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