Surfing the internet and other computer collocations
Activity 1
Skim through the text to answer the questions below.
What is SKELL?
SKELL (Sketch Engine for Language Learning) is a simple tool for students of English to easily check how real speakers of English use a phrase or a word. No registration or payment is required. Just type a word and click a button.
All examples, collocations, and synonyms were automatically identified by intelligent algorithms and state-of-the-art software analysing large multi-billion text samples. In the manual work was involved.
Word Sketch – collocations
Collocations cannot be guessed; they must be learned. That is why Word Sketch in SKELL is an invaluable tool. Word Sketch is a summary of the most typical collocations divided into logical categories i.e., noun (n.), adjective (adj.), adverb (adv.), or verb (v.).
Look at some of the collocations below and answer the following questions.
Figure 22. Screenshot of SKELL word sketch (keyboard). Retrieved on January 24, 2023.Figure 23. Screenshot of SKELL word sketch (mouse). Retrieved on January 24, 2023.Figure 24. Screenshot of SKELL word sketch (firewall). Retrieved on January 24, 2023.Figure 25. Screenshot of SKELL word sketch (password). Retrieved on January 24, 2023.
Activity 3 screenshots from SKELL are used with permission.
