Looking through Nik Peachey's blog archive link http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/09/using-word-clouds-in-efl-esl.html I read about "word clouds", a tool for creating some fun text-based activities. I decided to follow his very clear tutorial and came up with the example above. It is based on a short text about the coolest person on the planet at the moment. I wonder who he could be?
http://www.uk.news.yahoo.com/oddlyenough.html
Below is the actual short text taken from the above link.
'Elegant Obama' inspires fashion label
Barack Obama's elegance and fashion sense has inspired a Bosnian company to name a new line of men's business suits after the
"We chose the name Obama" for the suits, which were already selling well in Bosnia and neighbouring Croatia” said Ahmet Curic, a manager at Borac, the company that produces the outfits.
"It's a line of top quality business suits, and naming it Obama was an obvious choice because the president-elect is clearly a very elegant man and one of a few who knows how to wear a suit," he told AFP.
Curic added Borac also wanted to "pay respect" to the
Based in the central town of
Have a go at creating your own "Word clouds" - it's great fun!
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