Best on-line dictionary

------ Yang Chen Yuan Peng

‘ If you normally use a word professor to write in the foreign language,

on-line and CD-ROM dictionaries are useful, comprehensive and fast tools. You simply type in a word, and its translation and/or definition is displayed instantly.’

Reference: Fernandez-Toro, M. and F.R. Jones (2001) DIY teachniques for language learners CILT Chapter 4 p.27

Structure• On-line Dictionaries

• How to use the on-line dictionaries

• Comparison of some common

on-line dictionaries

• The best on-line dictionary

• Online dictionaries:– http://dictionary.reference.com/– http://www.thefreedictionary.com/– http://www.merriam-webster.com/

– OED online: http://dictionary.oed.com/ – Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/– Longman Dictionary Online http://www.ldoceonline.com/– Collins Online Dictionary http://www.collinslanguage.com/

• Online dictionaries continued…– Pictorial Online Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/– Specialty Dictionary Online http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction5.html– Bilingual online dictionary (English-Chinese)

http://kaibo2.com/dict/dict.php?word=%E8%8B%B1

Comparison

Reference: Ellis, G. and B. Sinclair (1989) Learning to Learn English CUP Chapter 1.4, chart on p.111

Title

Date published

Bilingual or Monolingual

Probable?

Examples of how words are used?

OED online 2009 M Yes FewCambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary online

2009 M Yes Many & Specific

Longman Dictionary Online

2009 M Yes Many

Specific

VividCollins Online Dictionary

2008 M Not really (needs Login)

Few

English-Chinese Online Dictionary

n.d. B Yes A few

The Best ?

• Longman Online Dictionary