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& Chang, 2010; Novak, Gowin & Johansen, 1983). At <strong>the</strong> same time, it accelerates meta-cognitive<br />

strategy by allowing learners to evaluate and monitor <strong>the</strong>ir own learning process.<br />

How it works<br />

Combined with a visualization tool and user interface based on <strong>the</strong>ories from cognitive science, VVM<br />

allows a learner to organize words visually, link words and labeling word chunks, personalize a learner’s<br />

experience, create own uses <strong>of</strong> a word, master word usage, and access VVM everywhere. When reading<br />

a passage, a L2 learner continuously interacts with VVM by importing unknown, ambiguous or important<br />

words and freely move, link, and connect words by creating a learner’s own references. The open-ended<br />

platform (see Figure 1) promotes flexible yet constructive environment to effectively use and adapt new<br />

words. Built in interactive functions allow fur<strong>the</strong>r exploration into word definition, usage and examples in a<br />

more engaging way.<br />

Figure 1: Interface design <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Visual Vocabulary Map.<br />

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