Wordle--Beautiful Words Cloud

Wordle--Beautiful Words Cloud

When I taught preparing class for IELTS reading, I always considered whether there is a way to show learners the key words in a vivid way, not  just a list of words. It always took a long time to check those key words and design them into a stylish way. However, when I saw Wordle in class, I felt so excited. It is exactly what I want. Although Wordle was not created for language use first, it is suitable for showing a text's most frequent vocabulary.
The benefits of the Wordle :
1) More frequent the words in the text, the bigger the words appear, so it is easy for students to focus on the frequency.
2) The common words like 'the, a, of, etc.' are excluded.
3) The ‘Randomize’ feature creates different versions of a particular text instantly.
I tried to paste a passage from NEW CONCEPT ENGLISH in the box. A beautiful cloud appeared. I changed the style and colour by easily 'click' those links above.

4) And any individual words can be excluded by 'right click'. So the teacher can chose what to show.

5) Both long or short texts can be exhibited, and the words limitation can be changed easily. So you don't need to worry the text is too long.

After I changed the words limitation, it looked more clearly.

As you see, the words are attractive. This tool can be used as a good practice for them to predict the topic of the text. If there are any unknown words, learners can study them before seeing the whole text.
However, the Wordle also has drawbacks. One problem is that the most frequent words may not be the most important words of a text, especially for the long and difficult one. So it may take a long time for the teacher to move those unimportant words.