Tag: importance

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takes an important place in

This link was created in response to a student writing

grammar takes an important place in language learning

The link showing the use of important place is https://ske.li/important_place and looks like this:

This usage is far rarer than play an important role, however; the link for important role is https://ske.li/important_n and looks like this:

We could include part as well as role in the lines, as here https://ske.li/partrole:

Or if you wanted to show other adjectives that occur in this phrase, this link to a frequency list (play/have a/an Adj role/part) could be useful https://ske.li/play_adj_role. It looks like this:

the significance of evaluating

This entry was created in response to a student writing:

Recent research has highlighted the significance of evaluating Padlet’s role in education

Significance does not seem right here because what is being evaluated is a future need rather than a result. The link https://ske.li/evaluating provides a few suitable alternatives with the intended meaning, and it looks like this:

Another link here https://ske.li/stress_need shows a wider range of verbs and it looks like this:

To compare with the typical use of significance you could use the link https://ske.li/significance_of, which looks like this:

Created by Elena Mazzeri