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Practice 3 Everyone who seeks finds

Academic and educational environment
Social language practice: Write instructions to use a bilingual dictionary.

In this practice, you will learn how to write an
instruction manual to use a bilingual dictionary .

Warm-up stage

1. Read the following set of instructions.

How to use this bilingual dictionary
Things I know. Planning our product
» Make sure the word you are looking for is spelled correctly.
» Identify the two main sections of the dictionary: Spanish-English and English-Spanish.
» Go to the right section according to the language of the word you are looking up.
» Look for the pages that begin with the first letter of the word you are looking up.
» Find the word by using the first letter of the word, then the second, the third,

et cetera. Remember dictionaries are organized in alphabetical order.
» When you find the word you were looking up, pay close attention to the following

details:
- Bold letters: indicating a new word and its correct spelling.
- Abbreviations: indicating if a word is a noun, an adjective, a verb, and so on.

- Italics: pointing out the abbreviations.
negritas
» Read and select the information you need. bold (n.):
italics (n.):
cursivas
session 1 » Put the dictionary back where it belongs.
» Write down the information you select.

2. Complete the following sentences by filling in the blanks with the best answer.

a) The previous instructions explain how to use a .

I. dictionary II. telephone III. electrical device

b) These instructions are addressed to: .

I. preschool kids II. secondary school students III. primary school teachers

c) Instructions have a .

I. title and steps II. title and images III. title, steps and ingredients

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