Step 3: Vocabulary and Morphology |
| LANGUAGE! instructional focus | Kurzweil 3000 | What to use...with Windows computers | What to use...with Macintosh computers |
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| Multiple meanings of words | Supports learning multiple meanings of words through the use of dictionary definitions, synonyms in a thesaurus, and pictures | Main toolbar:
Picture dictionary and Synonym buttons, which are part of the Word Attack tools
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Dictionary and Synonym, which are two of the Word Lookup tools
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| Word relationships—synonyms | Allows students to look up synonyms for a word in text to build vocabulary knowledge | Main toolbar:
Synonym button
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Synonym, which is one of the Word Lookup tools
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| Meaning units—prefixes and suffixes | Allows highlighting of words with targeted prefixes and suffixes and extraction of them into a word list for subsequent vocabulary study | Study skills toolbar:
Highlighter (teacher-selected
color code)
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Highlighters (teacher-selected
color code)
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