Dictionary Exploration

Instituto Superior “San Bartolomé” Reaching Farther, Reaching Wider II“Dictionary Exploration”Prof.Trad. Valeria Virga : Instituto Superior “San Bartolomé” Reaching Farther, Reaching Wider II“Dictionary Exploration”Prof.Trad. Valeria Virga

Introduction : Introduction

DICTIONARY EXPLORATION : DICTIONARY EXPLORATION In this workshop we are going to: browse, look inside and analyze what dictionaries offer. discover and learn what a dictionary can provide us with, what it cannot and what its most effective use is for self-study and the EFL classroom.

DICTIONARY AWARENESS : DICTIONARY AWARENESS Learner's dictionaries contain a wealth of information which will enable students to explore language for themselves and to become language richer

DICTIONARY EXPLORATION : DICTIONARY EXPLORATION Are you ready to EXPLORE dictionaries?

DICTIONARY EXPLORATION : DICTIONARY EXPLORATION What´s a dictionary? Simple question? Simple answer?

DICTIONARY EXPLORATION : DICTIONARY EXPLORATION Please, look up the word “dictionary” and be ready to answer this first question.

DICTIONARY EXPLORATION : DICTIONARY EXPLORATION A dictionary is an essential tool to interact with… In order to have a successful interaction, first we should know what a dictionary can provide us with and what it can not.

DICTIONARY QUESTIONNAIRE : DICTIONARY QUESTIONNAIRE Have you got a dictionary? What type of dictionaries have you got? Monolingual/ Bilingual/Electronic How old is/are your dictionary/dictionaries? Where is/are your dictionary/dictionaries at home? How often do you use it/them? Why do you use the dictionary at home? Where are the dictionaries at school? How often do you use the dictionary at school? Why do you use the dictionary at school?

DICTIONARY QUESTIONNAIRE : DICTIONARY QUESTIONNAIRE If you have both a monolingual and a bilingual dictionary, which do you prefer to use? Why? Do you use the information about pronunciation? Can you understand the abbreviations and grammatical information given? Do you read the entire definition? Do you ever refer to the information found at the beginning/end of the dictionary? (Reference charts, guides, keys, appendices, etc.) Do you look up every word that you don't know while reading?

Dictionary Questionnaire : Dictionary Questionnaire Do you ever just examine the dictionary?

What´s there in a dictionary to examine? : What´s there in a dictionary to examine? the macrostructure and the microstructure

MACROSTRUCTURE : MACROSTRUCTURE Martínez de Sousa (1995) Set of selected entries that make up a dictionary The ordering and treatment of the dictionary entries The arrangement of the component parts of the dictionary (foreword, appendices, entries, tables, etc)

MACROSTRUCTURE : MACROSTRUCTURE appendixes and tables (weights, measures etc.; grammar reference; letter writing, CV models, etc.) cultural information pictures

MICROSTRUCTURE : MICROSTRUCTURE The information provided under each headword spelling syllable division core vocabulary words (main entry) new words or sub entries phonetic information meaning grammatical Information

MICROSTRUCTURE : MICROSTRUCTURE Information about Register, Geographical Restrictions and Specialist Languages spoken or written language formal or informal language BE or AE other geographical varieties

MACROSTRUCTURE: ACCORDING TO LANGUAGES : MACROSTRUCTURE: ACCORDING TO LANGUAGES

ELT or CURRENT USE? : ELT or CURRENT USE?

ELT (English Language Teaching) : ELT (English Language Teaching) Corpus-based Example sentences that show how words are used Special emphasis on contemporary vocabulary Study sections, vocabulary builders or help boxes Illustrations that aid understanding

INTERESTING! : INTERESTING!

ELT DICTIONARIES : ELT DICTIONARIES Book CD-ROM Network CD-ROM Online Dictionary Website E-lessons and web magazine Guide to American and British culture

Making our students explore dictionaries : Making our students explore dictionaries Relax, we´re not alone! www.macmillandictionaries.com www.oup.com/elt/oald http://www.pearsonlongman.com/dictionaries/ Don´t miss this Online dictionary: http://www.visuwords.com

DICTIONARY EXPLORATION : DICTIONARY EXPLORATION “Dictionaries are roadmaps to communication. The more students encounter new roads, the more they will need the roadmap…”