DICTIONARY DAY

NOAH WEBSTER

ACTUALITY OF THE PROJECT

Is caused to know more about this holiday, its origin and history

TASKS OF THE PROJECT To create multimedia

presentation To inform the results of

the investigation

AIMS OF THE PROJECT To find out the concept

“dictionary” To create mind-maps To publish bulletins

REALIZATION OF THE PROJECT

To find information To study vocabulary Analysis of the texts To draw a conclusion Search of interesting

materials Publishing of bulletins Presentation for the

pupils

MEANING Dictionary – 1. a book

that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings in the same language, or another language; 2. a book that explains the words and phrases used in a particular subject.

(Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English)

MEANING Dictionary – 1. a book

that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains what they mean; 2. a book that lists words in one language and gives translations in anotherMacmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners

Main types of EnglishDictionaries

Encyclopaedic Linguistic

Types of Linguistic

Dictionaries

ExplanatoryDictionaries

TranslationDictionaries

SpecializedDictionaries

The nature of word list

The prospectiveuser

The form of thedictionary

The kind ofinformation

The language in which the

information isgiven

Criteriafor

classification

GeneralUnrestricted

andRestricted

dictionaries

Advanced learners,Students,children

HardandSoft

dictionaries

Explanatory,Translation,Pronouncing,Etymological,Ideographicdictionaries

Monolingualand

BilingualDictionaries

Criteriafor

classification

NOAH WEBSTER October 16, the birthday of

Noah Webster, is Dictionary Day in America. Show your appreciation for this most useful of reference books by celebrating Dictionary Day with your children - learn some new words, learn how dictionaries came to be, spruce up your dictionary skills, or even create your own dictionary!

THE ORIGIN OF THE HOLIDAY

Driven by a desire to unify the American way of speaking and spelling English, Noah Webster started work on the first American dictionary at age 43. He thought Americans should have their own distinctly American (rather than British) way of spelling, pronouncing, and using words. But at that time, Americans in different regions had no unifying standard of language. Webster's dictionary was the first step in changing that.

After 27 years of labor In 1783, Noah Webster created what is considered to be the first dictionary of America. It had 70,000 words in it. It's no accident that National Dictionary Day is on Noah Webster's birthday! He is the father of the American dictionary.

Samuel Gottlieb Linde

Serhii Ivanovych Ozhehov

Jan Gebauer

Borys Dmytrovych Hrinchenko

Volodymyr Ivanovych Dal

Noah Webster

Famouslexicographers

Lexicography – the job of writing a dictionary

Lexicographer – the person who writes a dictionary

WHY USE A DICTIONARY the spelling of a word the origins of a word the meaning (s) of a word derivatives of a word (the root plus any added

suffixes) the history of a word the part of speech of a word the abbreviation of a word the capitalization of a word the syllable divisions of a word the pronunciation of a word synonyms and antonyms for a word how to spell any irregular forms of a word (such

as plurals or past tenses of verbs)

CONCLUSIONS Why is using a dictionary so important?

A student of English without a dictionary is like a hunter without a gun! It’s so funny if you think your teacher can be your dictionary, too because the teacher is not always available. So it is very important for you to have one because It shows you the meaning (s).

It shows the spelling. It shows the pronunciation. It teaches some grammar. It gives you good example sentences. Helps you learn more and better. You will feel relaxed in class because you have

checked every word before So do not forget to buy an advanced dictionary

for home and one pocket one for your class or anywhere else.

QUESTIONS Why do you use a

dictionary? What can a dictionary tell

you? How many uses of the

dictionary do you know? Do you know how to use a

dictionary? How often do you use a

dictionary?

LITERATURE The Internet

HOMETASK Make a crossword

about dictionaries; Write a short story or a

fairy-tale about dictionary (ies);

Create a presentation about your favourite dictionary;

Your own variant;

MEMBER OF THE PROJECT

As an English teacher, I promise you if you learn new words like this, after some time you will be able to understand nearly all movies and serials, read and understand English passages very well and, better than anything else, you can speak like a native English person easily!!

I know, I know it takes a lot of time first but you will feel so nice in class because you know everything about the words. Try it!