Page 55 - @ccess 1 Teacher´s Book

Activity 13
• Instructions as a type of
technical text require a
thorough knowledge of the
way in which the object or
process for which instructions
are intended. For example,
when people at a company
want to write an instruction
about a washing machine
they actually turn it on to
see write exactly what the
final user has to do and
which buttons she/he has to
press. In a similar way, these
activities intend your students
get a thorough knowledge
of dictionaries not because
they will learn to use a
dictionary, but rather because
it is necessary to understand
perfectly how to use it so they
can detect which instructions
are convenient according
to the addressee they have
established by know.
• If you need to extend this
activity you can test your
students at their skills in
recognizing the function of
symbols and typographical
features in the dictionary they
are using as basis for their
instructions.
• Ask your students to read carefully each prompt in the True or false section. It is easy to oversee or think
that they have already answered a question because the wording on a prompt might be similar.
54 Teacher’s Book / Practice 3
13. Based on activity 12, fill in the blanks with the correct words. Look at the example.
Square
Bold Italics Bullet Symbol Parentheses Numbers
bracket
(en frases
any adj. 'eni • ~ + negativas) 4
• Complete the following questions with the correct graphic componentes.
Look at the example.
Bold
a) It points out the entry of a new word.
Italics
b) It indicates an abbreviation. Symbol
c) It replaces an entry word in order to show another meaning.
d) It indicates that a word has more than one gender.
Italics
e) It denotes whether a word is singular or plural.
Italics
f) It shows how a word is pronounced.
Square bracket
g) It indicates the different meanings of the same word.
Numbers
h) They are used to indicate whether a word is a noun,
Italics
an adjective, a verb and so on.
• Read the following sentences and decide whether they are True or False.
› The words defined in a dictionary are written in bold.
› Bold letters are used to indicate the most important
words in a dictionary.
› Italics are used to indicate whether a word is a noun,
an adjective, a verb and so on.
› Abbreviations are written in italics.
› Square brackets are used to indicate if a word is singular
or plural.
› Abbreviations are used to indicate how words are
pronounced.
› Parenthesis are written in bold.
› Symbol ∼ replaces an entry word in order to show another meaning.
50 Studentʼs Book / Practice 3