Using Bilingual Dictionaries

GROUP 1 Andi Eka Kartika H3111305

ST Nurfajriani H31113310 Bilqis Ratu Zhabrina H31113319

Dewi Indrawati Azis H311133Mira Pandari H311133

What is a dictionary?

A reference book that contains words which are arranged in alphabetical ordergives information about word meaning, pronunciation, etymology and uses

Purposes Find the meaning of words Check spelling Pronounce (say) words correctly

Types of dictionary

Bilingual dictionarygives words in two languagesprovides translations of the English word/ original

Monolingual dictionaryuses the same language for

the meaning/ explanation

An etymological dictionarytraces a word’s development over timegives examples to show how a word has

changed over timeOn-line etymological dictionary

http://www.myetymology.com/

A Rhyming Dictionarywords are grouped together by their

end soundsused more frequently in poetry than

proseRhymes e.g. run & sun sand & and

A mini-dictionarya little dictionarya pocket dictionarydesigned to be carried around easily

A thesaurusSynonyms or words with similar

meanings are grouped together

A glossary

A list of words or phrases and their meanings

often found at the back of a book as an appendix

Bilingual Dictionaries

Bilingual dictionary is an essential tool for second language learners, but using them correctly requires more than just looking up a word in one language and picking the first translation.

How to searching for an entry in a dictionary

The words are organized in alphabetical order. Words start with ‘A’ are grouped together; words start with ‘B’ are grouped together, and so on.Look at the first letter example: apple, catIf words start with the same letter, look at the second

letter example: sing, slideIf the two letters are the same, look at the third letter,

and so on. example: chair, change

The words are organized in alphabetical order

Exercise Organize these words in alphabetical order

a) fox giraffe animal monkey animal fox giraffe monkeyb) white candy shirt grape candy grape shirt whitec) pretend phone perhaps photo perhaps phone photo pretendd) see sew servant serve see servant serve sew

PART OF THE BILINGUAL DICTONARIES

Guide WordsTwo guide words at the top of each page

1.the first word at the top of the page 2.the last word on the page The words on the page fit between the two guide words.

References

http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/dictionary-types.html

Support Materials and Exercises for Dictionary Skills