3. Learning Objective
By the end of the lesson students will be able to
design a dictionary entry considering all the
elements of a dictionary format.
Class description
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Learners: University students
Modality: Hybrid or Blended Learning
English level: low Intermediate
Language skills: Reading and writing
Equipment: Computers with internet,
Sketch engine software (teacher), Google+
Duration: 2 weeks.
4. Steps for making a dictionary
Part 1: Preparation of material by the teacher
http://www.sketchengine.co.uk/
7. Create a specialized corpus
• What is a corpus?
A corpus is any body of text collected with
the aim of analyzing its features.
(Landau, 2002:273)
20. Part 3: Teacher creates an e-booklet for guidance
and word list creation.
This booklet is
delivered
online to
students
21. What is in a dictionary layout?
Word entry in
English
Translation
into Spanish
Definition of the word in English
(Source should be credited via link or reference)
Example sentence
( A sentence where the entry is used in context)
Part of the
Speech tag
Associated
word
Picture
22. Strategies for learning new words
Slides are
shown in
the
classroom
Words are
taken
from the
booklet