point and pause

From storyasking

point and pause means if learner learning new word,

• write it
• write translation
• point to it
• pause
• let in sink in

then move on with the story

advantage of twext is learner can pause as long as needed to consciously process the translation, visualize, compare to experience, whatever.. twext can't compete with peers and story leader in actual classroom context, but can provide translation info as needed for learning on your own, like they say here in mexico, a lo lyrico