What kind of dictionary do you use? particularly I want to ask it for ESL learners?
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What kind of dictionary do you use? Do you use a English-your native language Dictionary? or only English dictionary for ESL learners or natives of USA or UK.
I ain’t beginner. I just want to be given information advantages of using only English dictionary or English-native language dictionary.
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What kind of dictionary do you use? Do you use a English-your native language Dictionary? or only English dictionary for ESL learners or natives of USA or UK.
I ain’t beginner. I just want to be given information advantages of using only English dictionary or English-native language dictionary.
August 31st, 2009 at 8:51 am
When I was teaching ESL I used a few different dictionaries with students. It depended on their level. I used to suggest a children’s picture dictionary for beginners. There are dictionaries that have photographs of common things and everything in the photograph is labeled with the name. For example a bicycle. The pedals, handle bars, seat, brakes, etc would all be labeled.
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Getting the right dictionary is important in your learning process. I don’t know what level you are in, but I’d suggest you get a monolingual dictionary such as
Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
A fully updated edition with frequency information, collocation boxes, and, on the CD-ROM, exam-practice exercises for FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS and BEC. A fully updated paperback edition of the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary with new, up-to-date vocabulary (e.g. sex-up, speed-dating, whiteboard), new ‘mini-collocation’ boxes, and new frequency information to highlight the most important words to learn. A version of the dictionary with CD-ROM is also available.
There’s another dictionary which I highly recommend.
Longman Language Activator (LLA)
by Addison Wesley Longman
From ‘excellent’ to ’superb’! This new edition of THE writing dictionary expands students’ vocabulary effectively, and helps them express their ideas more accurately. This dictionary takes you from a key word or basic idea, such as ‘good’, and shows you more related words or phrases with information on register, context and grammar structures.