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Choosing Learner’s Dictionaries: What to Consider

Choosing Learner’s Dictionaries: What to Consider. Julia Eka Rini CONEST 6 Petra Christian University LTBI Atma Jaya Catholic University  Nov 30-Dec 1, 2009. What is compared. content the way of presenting information Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners(MED) (2002)

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Choosing Learner’s Dictionaries: What to Consider

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  1. Choosing Learner’s Dictionaries: What to Consider Julia Eka Rini CONEST 6 Petra Christian University LTBI Atma Jaya Catholic University  Nov 30-Dec 1, 2009

  2. What is compared content the way of presenting information Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners(MED) (2002) Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (CALD) (2003).

  3. Headwords – “square”

  4. Definitions • content. • definitions should not be lengthy or vague. • form • the language used for encoding its content, and this includes grammatical structures as well as words" ;it should not be difficult to understand. Atkins and Rundell (2008:431)

  5. MED has 2500 defining words No defining words. CALD uses easy words and structure, e.g. If you…. at least one example in both dictionaries due to the type of users. Since both MED and CALD are for advanced learners, they might need the dictionaries for both decoding and encoding purposes.

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  7. Cross reference in CALD The Square Mile UK the City->See at the CityFINANCIAL CENTRE. This also provides some cultural information about that particular place. Only CALD has domain label; it is written "specialized" and an example is given (see "square" with the meaning of "shape" as adjective.

  8. Cross referencein MED Square 1 a shape…. 1a 1b one of the small sections that the board is divided into in games such as chess and draughts – picture --> SHAPE

  9. MED and CALD have separate blocks for fixed expression, idioms and phrasal verbs.

  10. Common learner error Do not use mortal to describe an illness that can kill someone. Mortal can be used with this meaning, but it is a formal, literary word and you should use the word fatal instead. We can now cure diseases which were mortal a few years ago We can now cure diseases which were fatal a few years ago

  11. Idiom finder

  12. Idiom finder fight a losing battle p456 a heavy cross to bear p291 be like a bear with a sore head p97

  13. Word families

  14. Language Awareness in MED • Numbers • Phrasal verbs • Academic writing • Metaphor • Computer words

  15. Language Awarenesscontinued • Pragmatics • Spoken discourse • Sensitivity: avoiding offence • British and American English • Business English • Word formation

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