Teaching Online Dictionary Use

1. Teaching Online Dictionary Use Dr. Catherine M. Mazak Coordinator, INGL 0066

2. Skills Necessary for Dictionary Use

3. Pre-Dictionary Lessons

4. Teaching Word Types

5. Guessing Word Types Strategically Part 1: In each sentence, decide if smotch is a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb. 1. We usually smotch everyday. 2. He’s a very smotch person. 3. They saw the long smotch. 4. She runs smotchly. 5. I am smotcher than you. 6. The small girl was smotching. 7. The smotch, ugly, white box sat on the desk for weeks. 8. Smotches never get better.

6. Ways to identify word type • Position in the sentence (SVO) • Endings (-ed, -ly, -ing – but be careful!) • If you know the meaning in Spanish, you might know the word type • Process of elimination • Recognize common sentence patterns • The/a/an + adj. + noun • Noun + {BE} + adj.

7. Teaching Word Families

8. Practice with Fake Words Part 2: Use the dictionary definitions, the sentence context, and the word type to decide the meaning of splosh in each sentence below. Dictionary entries for the word splosh splosh1n (1) tropical plant (2) the slimy liquid inside the plant (3) a disagreeable person splosh2v (1) to give out a slimy liquid (2) to move slowly as a thick liquid splosh3adj (1) sticky (2) thick-brained, stupid Word Type Meaning 1. Helen Smith is a splosh. 2. The splosh substance was difficult to clean up. 3. The fat animal sploshed through the forest looking for food. 4. My dog is splosh. I can’t teach her anything. 5. We went to the rain forest looking for splosh. 6. My tropical plant is sploshing.

9. Dictionary Activities

10. http://www.merriam-webster.com

11. Using the Online Dictionary • Farmers are responsiblefor making sure that the people involved in their operations follow the guidelines established by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). • What type of word is it? • Look up in English-English dictionary • If you still don’t understand, look up in Spanish-English dictionary • Be sure to choose the definition appropriate to the context!!!

12. Activity • Choose 3 new words from the reading • Determine the word type (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) • Look up the definition in www.merriam-webster.com • Choose the definition that is appropriate for the context • Fill in the chart

14. Create a Word Bank

15. Student Opinion about Online Dictionary

16. Dictionary • “En verdad a mi me gusto yo no se el diccionario también yo nunca había usado un diccionario en el internet que tu escribes la palabra y rápido te sale y no que en el diccionario del librito tu buscando allí motivao’ la tecnología esta bregando al cien con nosotros.” • “Pues practicas escribiendo los comments y leyendo cualquier duda que no entiendas algo pues le preguntabas a la maestra o buscabas en el mismo internet en el diccionario y pues todo esta que te daba acceso a todo y tú misma lo podías hacer y pues de una vez aprendes a cómo escribir las palabras porque las estás viendo y pues me ayudo mucho también”

17. Materials & Resources • http://prebasic.wordpress.com • http://usdaenglish.wordpress.com • Longman Dictionary (ESL Learner’s Dictionary)