Author: Bianca Lehner

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2016-02-29

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 3668162786

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Diploma Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,00, PH Oberoesterreich, language: English, abstract: This paper aims at raising the reader's awareness for the complexity of dictionaries and is meant to convey lots of additional information on dictionaries as such and also on how to use them, especially with young learners of English in the classroom. The majority of dictionary owners are not aware of the huge source of knowledge they could have access to if they had learned how to use a dictionary properly and therefore actually will not profit from their purchase. The first thing most adults do when they start to learn a new language is to buy a dictionary, because this seems to be the first step to successful language acquisition to them. This might be true for some people who really know how to appropriate the multifarious information provided by their dictionaries.

Download or read book Introducing Dictionaries to 10-14 Year Olds in the English Classroom written by Bianca Lehner and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diploma Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,00, PH Oberoesterreich, language: English, abstract: This paper aims at raising the reader's awareness for the complexity of dictionaries and is meant to convey lots of additional information on dictionaries as such and also on how to use them, especially with young learners of English in the classroom. The majority of dictionary owners are not aware of the huge source of knowledge they could have access to if they had learned how to use a dictionary properly and therefore actually will not profit from their purchase. The first thing most adults do when they start to learn a new language is to buy a dictionary, because this seems to be the first step to successful language acquisition to them. This might be true for some people who really know how to appropriate the multifarious information provided by their dictionaries.