{"id":940,"date":"2012-06-05T18:24:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T16:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishtoday.org\/?p=940"},"modified":"2012-06-11T08:36:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T06:36:58","slug":"dictionaries-up-for-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/2012\/06\/dictionaries-up-for-grabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dictionaries up for grabs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/2012\/06\/dictionaries-up-for-grabs\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teachenglishtoday.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/2012\/06\/dictionaries-up-for-grabs\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teachenglishtoday.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>DICTIONARIES UP FOR GRABS!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishtoday.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/longmans-dic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-942\" title=\"longmans dic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishtoday.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/longmans-dic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>In the last issue of <em>TET<\/em>, we included the following announcement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LONGMAN HAVE DONATED 10 DICTIONARIES TO READERS WHO SEND AN EMAIL TO THE EDITOR (DR MALCOLM VENTER, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">drv@worldonline.co.za<\/span>) GIVING<\/strong>,\u00a0 <strong>IN NO MORE THAN 50 WORDS, A TIP ON HOW TO USE DICTIONARIES IN THE CLASSROOM.\u00a0 PLEASE INDICATE WHAT GRADE LEVEL THE TIP IS AIMED AT. <\/strong><em><strong>THE FIRST TEN TO SEND IN THEIR ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE A FREE DICTIONARY AND CD ROM.\u00a0 PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND POSTAL ADDRESS.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, in the end we received three entries \u2013 and the authors will shortly be receiving a copy of this very attractive and functional dictionary. Here are their suggestions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0Children like to play<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Grade 4 learners could use the dictionary as a FUN GAME. The teacher could have a list of words (one at a time)\u00a0and ask learners to look up the words from the dictionary. Learners may work in pairs or individually. The learners\u00a0who get the word first are allocated points. After 5-10 words, the groups&#8217; scores are calculated and the one with the highest score wins. This may be repeated amongst different groups of learners.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Gregg Masondo, North West Province<\/em><\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u2018A dictionary on\u00a0every desk!\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When I was a teacher, it was an English class rule:\u00a0A dictionary on\u00a0every desk!\u00a0When\u00a0a child came to\u00a0class,\u00a0the dictionary\u00a0had to be put\u00a0on the desk.\u00a0Every child\u00a0knew the teacher&#8217;s\u00a0answer if they asked how to spell a word, \u2018Use your dictionary!\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Richard Hayward, Gauteng<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u2018Balderdash\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An adaptation of \u2018Balderdash\u2019 works really well with high school grades. (It\u2019s the original pre-board game.) Team leader chooses a word. Everyone writes own definition.\u00a0 Team leader reads all definitions including the correct one. Points \u00a0scored for guessing correct definition, and for being chosen.\u00a0 Reinforces dictionary components and style.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nicci Hayes, Eastern Cape<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last issue of TET, we included the following announcement:   LONGMAN HAVE DONATED 10 DICTIONARIES TO READERS WHO SEND AN EMAIL TO THE EDITOR (DR MALCOLM VENTER, drv@worldonline.co.za) GIVING,  IN NO MORE THAN 50 WORDS, A TIP ON HOW TO USE DICTIONARIES IN THE CLASSROOM. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachenglishtoday.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}