CROSSWORDS: Language Skills; Vocabulary

Summary | Quotes | References: General, Other Lang.


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"Just Doing the Crosswords" by BenSpark
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Summary

  • Word puzzles can exercise your vocabulary -- in multiple languages.
  • Textbooks and course websites often include crosswords
    to test vocabulary and subject knowledge,
    e.g., Be Safer on the Internet: Web Browsing
  • Well-designed crosswords are more than a collection of words
    (esp. weird 'crosswordese'), and obvious clues
    -- they force us to think outside (and inside) the box.

Quotes

  • "Thoughtful working of cross word puzzles can not fail to...
  • The influence on the American vocabulary was audible.
    "Anybody you met on the street...
  • The main interest among fans in the 1920s was in the puzzle as an aid to language development...
  • "In their own way, crossword puzzles are an important language art...
  • "Crossword puzzles, like dictionaries, often feel like linguistic authorities. [But]...
  • "crosswordese:...
  • "Crosswords appear in every language in the world. Chinese crosswords...
  • "To be able to solve a crossword puzzle in a second language...
  • "In North America, crossword puzzle editors use what has come to be known as
    'The Breakfast Test'...
  • "I can't remember a single thing I learned. Except for...
  • "Words are, of course,...
  • "We try to do a Shakespeare play every year, because...
  • "I love words. If I get a puppy...
  • "My being a writer and playing Scrabble are connected...

References


FryskPuzzelboek (Frisian) by VDM Puzzels
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