The jigsaw method can be described as "info gap squared." It is a cooperative learning technique.
In the jigsaw form of instruction, the target material is divided, usually into four parts, and distributed to small groups to learn.When these homogeneous groups have mastered their material, students regroup into heterogeneous groups to present material and complete a task.
Chipmunk, igloo, kayak, moccasin, moose, papoose, pecan, powwow, squash, succotash, tepee,toboggan, tomahawk, totem, wampum, wigwam
Words from Russian:
Cosmonaut, babushka, intelligentsia, mammoth, pogrom, ruble, tchotche, kalishnikov, borsch,
kasha, kefir, pirogy, glasnost, MIR, perestroika, tsar, Rodinia,
A language borrows a word (and doesn’t give it back, but keeps it) when it doesn’t have a word
of its own for something new or a new idea.
When the Vikings (who spoke Old Norse) came and settled in England, many words arrived with them:
Words from Old Norse:
Anger, bag, birth, bleak, both, cake, call, club, crooked, die, drag, egg, fellow, freckle, gaze, get,hit, husband, kid, kindle, knife, law, leg, lift, loose, meek, oaf, raft, rag, raise, reindeer, root, rug,same, scalp, scare, seem, skirt, sky, snare, take, they, Thursday, tight, troll, trust, ugly, want,
wand, window, wrong, wise,
