Dictionary Skills

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Dictionary Skills

• Members
• 1. Goh Teck Song
• 2. Lee Yu Wei
• 3. Suhaily Binti Ramlan
• 4. Raja Nor Wafiah Binti Raja Abdullah

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A dictionary is
a reference book containing words, usually
alphabetically arranged along with information
about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and
meanings.
a reference book listing terms or names important
to a particular subject along with a discussion
of their meanings. A sample sentence is often
included.
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Dictionaries guidebooks They tell how words are
used by people. It is a reference book. It gives
information about words. Dictionaries have new
words like Internet, login, and website and
old-fashioned words like steed which means
horse. Some dictionaries have special purposes
like a medical or a sports dictionary. Dictionarie
s are arranged alphabetically.
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Types of Dictionaries
Unabridged Not shorten complete a large,
extensive dictionary that is not based on a
larger edition. The unabridged English
dictionaries attempt to contain all words in the
English language. Abridged to abbreviate to
lessen in length to shorten by using fewer words
but keeping the main contents. An abridged
dictionary contains words in common use.
Kinds of Dictionaries science,
geographical, law, sports, biographical, rhyming,
medical, picture
Lets take a closer look!
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How to use a dictionary

• Step 1
• Know the alphabet very well and know where the
  letters
• Example A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S U
  V W X Y Z

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Step 2

• Think of the word to look up. 
• Then open the dictionary to as close to the first
  letter or two of the word as possible. 
• Then either turn back or forward to find the word.

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Step 3

• To help the search, dictionaries have guide words
  to help.  Guide words are at the top of each
  page. 
• The first guide word is the first word on a page,
  and the second guide word at the top of the page
  is the last word on the page. 
• Using the guidewords, you should find the word
  you a looking for easily.  It will be between the
  words.

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An up close look at a dictionary ENTRY
guide words
entry
liberate lifelong
Phonetic symbols
Part of speech

• (lye-brer-ee) noun
• A place where books, magazines, newspaper, tapes
  and videos are kept for reading or borrowing.

li-brar-y
We have a great reference section in our library.
noun, plural libraries, noun, librarian
illustration
sample sentence/phrase
The numbers show the many definitions a word may
have.
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Dictionary Skills

• Definitions
• Many words have several meaning and most
  dictionaries list the oldest meaning first.
• The first symbol in this part of the entry is
  n .
• The first definition shows how the word is used
  to name a person, place or thing (noun)
• For example

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Dictionary Skills

• Additional Information In the Dictionary
• A lots of information in each entry, but also
  contain extra information in sections at the
  beginning or the end.
• At the front, there is an essay and a guide
  designed to help users understand the various
  kinds of information listed after each headword.
• At the end of the dictionary, there some extra
  sections or appendices.
• List of abbreviation and phonetic symbol written
  in the cover page.

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Dictionary Skills

• The Meaning of the Entry Word
• Look at the meaning of the word.
• CARPENTER
• A worker who builds or repairs wooden structures
  or their structural parts
• Word appears a second time discover the
  abbreviation vb indicating that this word is to
  be used as a verb.
• Simply insert the entry word where you see the
  swung dash ()
• tered
• He has carpentered for six years

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Dictionary Skills

• Synonyms
• some dictionary entries also provide a list of
  synonyms (syn), words with similar meanings.
• The choice of synonyms is not as good as in a
  Thesaurus.
• Using synonyms found in the dictionary can be
  helpful, not only for finding an alternate word,
  but also for increasing your understanding of a
  new word.

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Dictionary Skills

• Cross - references
• Some dictionary entries contain cross-references.
  
• Within the entry, you will find the word see,
  compare, or var of that directs you to
  another dictionary entry which will give you more
  information about the word you first looked up.

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References

• Anonymous. (2008). Retrieved 27 June, 2012 from
• http//www.tlsbooks.com/dictionaryskillsreview
  .html
• Anonymous. (1998). Dictionary Skills. Retrieved
  22 Jun, 2012
• from http//www.nald.ca/library/learning/academ
  ic/english/
• diction/module1.pdf.
• Barry Scholes,A.( 2001) Collins Junior
  Dictionary Skills.
• London, England Harper Collins Publisher Ltd
• Wright, J.(1998). Dictionaries Resources Books
  for Teachers, Oxford
• English. Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford
  University Press