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Best on-line dictionary
------ Yang Chen Yuan Peng
‘ If you normally use a word professor to write in the foreign language,
on-line and CD-ROM dictionaries are useful, comprehensive and fast tools. You simply type in a word, and its translation and/or definition is displayed instantly.’
Reference: Fernandez-Toro, M. and F.R. Jones (2001) DIY teachniques for language learners CILT Chapter 4 p.27
Structure• On-line Dictionaries
• How to use the on-line dictionaries
• Comparison of some common
on-line dictionaries
• The best on-line dictionary
• Online dictionaries:– http://dictionary.reference.com/– http://www.thefreedictionary.com/– http://www.merriam-webster.com/
– OED online: http://dictionary.oed.com/ – Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/– Longman Dictionary Online http://www.ldoceonline.com/– Collins Online Dictionary http://www.collinslanguage.com/
• Online dictionaries continued…– Pictorial Online Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/– Specialty Dictionary Online http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction5.html– Bilingual online dictionary (English-Chinese)
http://kaibo2.com/dict/dict.php?word=%E8%8B%B1
Comparison
Reference: Ellis, G. and B. Sinclair (1989) Learning to Learn English CUP Chapter 1.4, chart on p.111
Title
Date published
Bilingual or Monolingual
Probable?
Examples of how words are used?
OED online 2009 M Yes FewCambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary online
2009 M Yes Many & Specific
Longman Dictionary Online
2009 M Yes Many
Specific
VividCollins Online Dictionary
2008 M Not really (needs Login)
Few
English-Chinese Online Dictionary
n.d. B Yes A few
The Best ?
• Longman Online Dictionary