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Practice 3 EVERYONE WHO SEEKS FINDS

Academic and educational environment
SOCIAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE: Write instructions to use a bilingual dictionary.

Adapted by Claire Fortier

How to use a dictionary

f you are being taught a new language, a valuable
Iresource is your bilingual dictionary. It is a great A
advantage to you while doing the following: B

• finding the definition a word in English that
you’ve heard or seen
• looking up what an English
word means in your language
• verifying how a word is spelled
• determining what the past
tense of a verb or what the
plural of a noun is
• discovering a word’s
grammatical explanation
• finding wo ds with the same or
opposite meaning (synonyms
and antonyms)
• exploring how words are paired with others
(collocation)
• checking the parts of speech that apply to a word
• learning the pronunciation of a word

While it’s important to know the uses of a dictionary,
it’s not all you need to employ a dictionary well. Decide
what type of dictionary will be useful for each of the
objectives listed above.You will also need to be able
to find the wo d you’re looking for quickly, be certain
you’ve found the correct word and definition and be
aware of when it’s appropriate to use your dictionary.

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