Developing dictionary skills

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
Developing dictionary skills
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Language basics: Alphabet and spelling
Inside
Includes answers
Resource type
Student activity
Skills
Dictionary skills
A French skills lesson to teach beginners how to use a bilingual dictionary effectively. The lesson starts with a questionnaire to assess how much students know about how a dictionary is organised and what the various grammatical abbreviations used in it stand for.

The PowerPoint includes the answers to the questionnaire and a series of activities to practise using the dictionary. These include a race to look up words in French and English as well as tips of how to take the context of a word into consideration when choosing the correct translation. A quick plenary response is also provided.

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15/01/2020

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29/07/2019

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12/09/2018

Excellent lesson for the start of the year. Passing it (and the German version) around the MFL dept.

04/09/2015

5

15/01/2020

5

29/07/2019

5

12/09/2018

Excellent lesson for the start of the year. Passing it (and the German version) around the MFL dept.

04/09/2015

This looks like an excellent introduction to using the dictionary and I am already looking forward to trying it out in September.

Christine Brown

07/08/2015

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