Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i3EFoHm24250; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:50:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:50:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.2.20040414113621.0262c008@postoffice.dca.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Ricardo Diaz <diazr@literacy.upenn.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3218] RE: ESOL Dictionaries X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Status: O Content-Length: 2658 Lines: 81 Nick: 1. I agree with you that working w/ a dictionary is a good habit for any learner; however, I think that many students only need to be taught to work w/ the class chosen dictionary because often if they don't understand, they initiate interesting discussions by asking. The habit of using a particular dictionary, however difficult, eventually gives enough skills for the learner to learn how to choose one for individual use. 2. For ease of use (right click, the choose Mydictionary) once installed, I like http://www.mystudyweb.com/html/sidebar/mydictionary.html It consults many of the dbs you wordiq uses but their access is faster; the learner still has to deal w/ the sifting through the defintions, see #1. 3. Google and its toolbars. One can start a search or translation in many languages and w/ an interface in that language: http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en Even better, if one installs the toolbar, a lot of other information and language options are easily available. http://toolbar.google.com/ Ricardo At 08:06 AM 4/5/2004 -0400, you wrote: >List, > I enjoy this desktop web source for my ABE students as a quick >dictionary/encyclopedia resource: http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary.html > > It is my belief that teacher supported and encouraged dictionary > use is >vital, long forgotten and underused in many of our US classrooms. > > Further, the level of dictionary used is quite important to > attain student >success. The student is quickly lost and frustrated with too high a level >dictionary, as the words in the definitions are at to high a lexile level. >This necessitates more looking up of words and you have lost your student to >the wonders of giving their mind the definition of the word they were >looking up in the first place. > > All this to ask members of the list: > >1. Does anyone out there use a better web based ABE dictionary than the >above or have their favorite? > >2. Does any ESOL teacher have a favor website for a Spanish-English >and/or >Creole-English dictionary? Any foreign languages...? > >Thank you, > >Nick Griffis >Adult Education >Inlet Grove H.S. >Riviera Beach, >Florida 33480 >561-882-9967 ___________________________________________________________________ Ricardo Diaz Project Manager diazR@literacy.upenn.edu International Literacy Institute National Center on Adult Literacy Literacy.org University of Pennsylvania 3910 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 USA 215-898-2100 (direct): 215-746-6746 fax: 215-898-9804 ___________________________________________________________________
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