Wordstash is a very good dictionary where you can find pronounciation as well as definitions of any word.
| · Find a word if you know its definition | barrel maker, museum guide, search for food, urge to travel, being tried twice for the same crime, when cancer spreads through the body, |
| · Explore related concepts | baseball, clouds, twisty, push |
| · Generate a list of words in some category | large birds, green fruit, Canadian authors |
| · Answer basic identification questions | What is the capital of Vietnam? Who is Big Bird's friend on Sesame Street? What is the longest river in the world? |
To introduce them to the dictionary codes, you can photocopy a page from a dictionary and do some TPR dictation.
o Circle the head word
o Underline the part of speech.
o Write the number of meanings the word has.
o Contribute
o Continue
o Contrast
o Contract
o Content
Individual work leading to class work. The teacher writes the alphabet in a column on the blackboard. The learners must use every letter as an initial letter of a job or any other topic. If necessary the teacher can deliberately omit letters which are not initial letters of any job. Less advanced learners can use dictionaries, for advanced learners a time limit can be set.
Example: Accountant, Businessman, Correspondent, Designer, etc.
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