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1. Background and My Research Question
How can I make it easier for the Bespoke Tailoring students to learn specialist vocabulary? Creating an image based glossary for Bespoke Tailoring (and a Pictionary style game) Introduction In this action research project, I explore how I can make … Continue reading
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2. Rationale
Cultural Capital “With the weight of history bearing down on any man who cares to walk down Savile Row, it is understandable that it has gained a reputation as a forbidding street for any chap who isn’t a military man, … Continue reading
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3. Process and Action. Early Trials and Pictionary.
Early trials My initial idea was to create flash cards, with a word on one side and an image on the other. These could be used for both vocabulary revision and playing a Pictionary style game in groups. I employed … Continue reading
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4. Process and Action. Further Development and the Complexity of Language.
Time and prototypes I underestimated the amount of vocabulary my students were being expected to absorb, and the time it would take to source images for each word. I realised I would not have time to finish a complete glossary, … Continue reading
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