More on online dictionaries and vocabulary building

Tools for helping students build their vocabulary:

• lingro paste URL of  a website to make all words clickable with dictionary definition or translation. Students can also create wordlists and play games with them
• wordnik gives a series of definitions, shows the word used in context and lets you hear it pronounced
• forvo hear words pronounced by people from all over the world
• wordia with videos to illustrate a words
• SnaPanda for Android phones recognises words and offers definitions
• Shahi visual dictionary that conbines a search of Wiktioanry and Flickr
• Spezify searches the internet for all media - photos, sounds, videos, music - related to a word