Málfríður - 15.03.1987, Side 24

III. Practical goals in teaching the
dictionary
Below is a list of goals for teach-
ing dictionary use, and I daresay
the Iist is fairly exhaustive for the
needs of most primary and secon-
dary school students. I first pub-
lished the list for a model in the se-
condary schools of East Iceland.
When composing the list I consi-
dered the supplementary work for
dictionary learning from Oxford
and Longman, though Oxford has
certainly given me the most ideas,
as anyone who has their workbook
Use Your Dictionary can see. Fin-
ally, I assert that Örn og Örlygur’s
dictionary could fulfill almost
every need implied in these skills
(the only things I really miss are in-
formation on whether nouns are
countable or uncountable and on
the meaning of prefixes and suf-
fixes).
1. Finding the meaning both of
the dictionary’s own and gener-
al abbreviations and symbols.
2. Pronouncing by phonetic spell-
ing (including stress)
3. Spelling aloud in English let-
ters
4. Writing words spelled aloud in
English letters
5. Finding a word the student has
only heard
6. Finding preferred spellings
7. Finding end-of-line divisions
8. Using information on countab-
le/uncountable nouns and
plural forms
9. Seeing number of syllables
(mainly because of lO.thenext
point below)
10. Forming comparative/superla-
tive adjectives/adverbs
11. Finding which verb forms to
use in sentences and how to
write them
12. Locating an appropriate head-
word and definition for a given
context
13. Followingcross-references
14. Choosing which derivatives to
use
15. Finding meanings of prefixes-
/suffixes for coined words
16. Understanding idioms
17. Getting the right prepositions
or particles to use
This really isn’t all that long a list!
Morover, these are all fairly ess-
ential skiils. I suggest them mostly
as a basis for coordination in the
goals we have for teaching diction-
ary use. If we can agree on those
goals, then we should also be able
to decide whether or when we need
to exercise use of what kind of dic-
tionary.
Thanks for your attention, as
well as to Málfríður for communi-
cating my message in this language,
whether she really should or not.
Virðingarfyllst
Philip Vogler
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