Todays Goal You should know and be able

Today’s Goal: You should know and be able to explain some of the different functions in a monolingual dictionary

Explorative Task O In pairs: have a look in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Discuss: 1. Besides the explanation of a word, what information can you gather from the dictionary? 2. Look up the word ”realize”. Which information do you get about this specific word? 3. Look up the word ”drink”. Which information do you get about this specific word?

Dictionaries Online O Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: O http: //www. ldoceonline. com/ O Macmillan Dictionary: O http: //www. macmillandictionary. com/ O Norstedts Sve-Eng, Eng-Sve: O www. ord. se

How is the Word Used? O Synonyms, antonyms, and related words O Synonyms [SYN], antonyms [OPP], and related words are shown after the definition. O Collocations are words that are often used with a particular word. Collocations are shown in bold. If a word has a lot of collocations, they are listed in a box at the end of the entry. O Thesaurus Notes explain the differences between words which are similar in meaning and give examples that show they are used differently.

Phonetics /prɪˈfɜː(r)/ How is this word pronounced? Which word is it?

Phonetics /prɪˈfɜː(r)/ Prefer ɪ Indicates a short vowel of the letter ’i’ ˈ Indicates that the stress is on the nextcoming syllable ɜː Indicates a long vowel of the letter ’i’ (r) Indicates a variety of pronounciation, American accent