Weboword is a an app that helps you visualize vocabulary by associating hand crafted pictures to English vocabulary. The pictures are situational, the goal being that the word will be understood and retained easier by the user by understanding not just the picture, but the context of the situation that is depicted in the picture.For instance, consider the following picture that is used to explain the meaning of ‘baffle’.
Picture dictionaries work well with common nouns and words that can be depicted using pictures. However, with the situational pictures, Weboword is able to illustrate not just nouns but also verbs, adjectives etc.
The idea’s pretty interesting but I’m not sure how well it can scale. Trying to illustrate all aspects of English vocabulary can be a challenging task. None the less, the approach is pretty interesting and I could see this being used effectively to teach not just non-native English speakers, but school kids also. The illustration approach can make learning vocabulary for kids not only easy but engaging and entertaining also.
What do you think ?
