Module 6

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Module 6 Why do we need dictionaries
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Reading Practice
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Words preview
arguable assist see the light (of day) sort motive
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actuate mercenary accessibility electronic compute
rise complexity
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navigate apparatus encyclopaedic entry multimedia
audio
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Cambridge dictionaries online
OED Online
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Warm up
Work in pairs. Can you remember 1 how many words
there are in the Oxford English Dictionary? 2 who
James Murray was? 3 when it was first prepared? 4
how many volumes it has today?
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Keys for reference 1 There are about 500,000
headwords in the Oxford English Dictionary. 2
James Murray was the first editor of the OED. 3
Between 1857 and 1884 it was first prepared for
the first part, and 1928 when it was finally
completed. 4 It has 20 volumes today.
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Choose the most likely main idea.
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1 Past, present and future of the OED. 2 New
developments in writing dictionaries. 3 The
future of the OED online. 4 A history of
dictionaries.
Pre-reading
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Reading
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Discussion
Can you infer which procedures and features in
the table dictionaries had, has or will have?
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Post-reading
1 The scriptorium is probably ______. (a) the
children's playroom (b) the family living
room (c) a classroom (d) a special room for
sorting quotation slips
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2 The amount of money they earned depended on
______. (a) their age (b) the number of slips
they sorted (c) the speed at which they did the
job (d) their need for money to spend on presents
and holidays
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3 Today, the OED is more accessible because
_______. (a) it contains 60 million words (b)
the reader can find words and meanings more
easily (c) it allows editors to analyse
information in new and different ways (d)
foreign words are accurately displayed
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4 Computer technology has been used since 1980 by
_______. (a) readers to examine the text of the
OED itself on a computer screen (b) editors to
analyse information in many different ways (c)
readers to access the dictionary online (d)
editors to revise the OED
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5 In 2050 dictionaries probably wont _______.
(a) be printed as books (c) have more space
for more information (b) have the same general
function as before (d) replace encyclopaedias
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Discussion
1 How often do you use a Chinese dictionary? What
kind of information are you usually looking
for? 2 How often do you use a ChineseEnglish
dictionary? Is the information youre looking for
different from the information you need from a
Chinese dictionary?
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3 There are 750,000 terms of English in the
OED.How many words or terms in English do you
think you know? How many do you think you need to
know to use English well enough?
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Cultural Corner
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Words preview
thesaurus synonym organically devise
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faculty abstract entitle considerable
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Reading and Discussion
1 Would you prefer to use Rogets Thesaurus or an
A-Z Thesaurus? 2 What Chinese language reference
books do you know?
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Thank you!