Reference Materials
Dictionaries are useful tools in learning a language. Today we are able to access dictionaries in many different ways - through website, technology, cellphone apps and many more. Here are some online dictionaries I frequently use:
tech·nol·o·gy
–noun
1. the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
2. the terminology of an art, science, etc.; technical nomenclature.
3. a technological process, invention, method, or the like.
4. the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of their civilization.
- http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us
- http://www.merriam-webster.com/
- http://www.learnersdictionary.com/
tech·nol·o·gy
–noun
1. the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
2. the terminology of an art, science, etc.; technical nomenclature.
3. a technological process, invention, method, or the like.
4. the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of their civilization.
This is an example of how online dictionaries differ from the traditional hard back copy we are so used to seeing. These are more attractive and interesting to look at and provide easy to understand meanings context.
Concordances
What is a concordancer and why would a teacher want to use it. You might want to narrow your search to “ESL concordancer”.
Answer: This could be useful for teachers and students because it shows you how words can be used in all texts.
Answer: This could be useful for teachers and students because it shows you how words can be used in all texts.
As you can see this website allows us to narrow our word search down to different corpuses.
The keyword: Church
Corpus: T.V. U.S
This corpus helps us see what words are related closely to the keyword church and we can learn how it used in context. We can also determine what other words are associated with our keyword to give us a more specific look on our corpus search.
The keyword: Church
Corpus: T.V. U.S
This corpus helps us see what words are related closely to the keyword church and we can learn how it used in context. We can also determine what other words are associated with our keyword to give us a more specific look on our corpus search.
What is a Collocation?
A collocation is a sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance. Collocations are words that are grouped together or normally used together. For example, if you looked up the word interested you would notice that it is often followed by the word in.
A collocation is a sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance. Collocations are words that are grouped together or normally used together. For example, if you looked up the word interested you would notice that it is often followed by the word in.
Translation technology
I think translation technology is good in L2 learning and it does have a place in the classroom. These things are so easily accessible for all people to use. However, it will have to be monitored and the teacher will have to be smart in incorporating these tools in their teaching and classes.
Spanish: Mis alumnos son los mejores estudiantes en todo el mundo.
English Translation: My students are the best students worldwide.
French: Mon chien mangé mes devoirs.
English Translation: My dog ate my homework.
Hebrew: איפה אני יכול לקנות ספר זה?
English Translation: Where can I buy this book?
Russian: Брат Кристенсен это мой любимый учитель.
English Translation: Brother Christensen is my favorite teacher.
Chinese (Taiwan): 紅色跑車開車路上非常快。
English Translation: Red sports car on the road very quickly.
Chinese (PRC): 当我年轻的时候我隔壁的女孩子爱上了。
English Translation: When I was young when I fell in love with the girl next door.
Spanish: Mis alumnos son los mejores estudiantes en todo el mundo.
English Translation: My students are the best students worldwide.
French: Mon chien mangé mes devoirs.
English Translation: My dog ate my homework.
Hebrew: איפה אני יכול לקנות ספר זה?
English Translation: Where can I buy this book?
Russian: Брат Кристенсен это мой любимый учитель.
English Translation: Brother Christensen is my favorite teacher.
Chinese (Taiwan): 紅色跑車開車路上非常快。
English Translation: Red sports car on the road very quickly.
Chinese (PRC): 当我年轻的时候我隔壁的女孩子爱上了。
English Translation: When I was young when I fell in love with the girl next door.