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A

B

Book Dictionaries

C

CD-ROM Dictionaries

Collocation - words that usually go together; e.g. 'red in the face', which means 'angry'.

 

D

Internet Dictionaries

 

E

English Language Centre home page

 

F

How to find words faster

G

Glossary - a list of words used to describe the contents of dictionaries, and codes used in dictionaries.

H

How to Use the Information in your Dictionary

I

Internet Dictionaries

J

 

K

 

L

Learning Strategies

Listening - remembering words you hear and looking them up in your dictionary

 

M

 

N

Needs Analysis - finding out what English you need to learn

 

O

On-line Dictionaries

 

P

Pronunciation

Proof-reading - using your dictionary for checking your writing

Q

Quiz

R

Reading

 

S

Specialised Dictionaries - learner's dictionaries, bi-lingual dictionaries, technical dictionaries, thesauruses, dictionaries that concentrate on one part of language, such as dictionaries of idioms or collocations, and dictionaries that translate between varieties of a single language, for example, British-American dictionaries.

Strategies for Learning

Studying

Styles of Learning

 

T

Test - a test to see how well you have learned these dictionary skills

Testing Yourself

Types of Dictionary

U

V

Vocabulary

 

W

What is Independent Learning?

Writing

 

X

Y

Z


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Last updated on: Saturday, August 18, 2001.