学习词典中的海量信息经常让学生无所适从，而如何指导学生有效使用词典亦是每个英语教师必须面对的问题。作者Cindy Leaney借助简洁、清晰的语言，为英语教师设计了90多个实用、易操作的课堂活动，从简单的如何查词典到如何通过词典学习英语的搭配、短语、构词法等信息，使枯燥的词典使用教学变得活泼、有趣，在活动中让学生领会不同词典的设计特色，使词典成为学生英语学习中的得力帮手。

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Introduction

1 Confidence and dictionary skills-building activities

 1.1 Getting to knowyour dictionary

 1.2 Finding the words you want quickly

 1.3 Finding the words you want quickly 2

 1.4 Spellcheck

 1.5 Alphabet warmer

 1.6 Alphabet practice: Code breaking

 1.7 Navigating the dictionary: Where is the letter？

 1.8 Navigating the dictionary: Where is the word？

 1.9 Is that a realword？

 1.10 Navigating the dictionary: Parts of speech

 1.11 Navigating the dictionary: Labels

 1.12 Navigating the dictionary: Using guidewords and signposts

 1.13 Navigating the dictionary: Using guidewords and signposts

 1.14 Locating multi-word items

 1.15 Definitions

 1.16 Example sentences

 1.17 Dictionary quiz

2 Vocabulary-building activities

 2.1 Learner training: Recording vocabulary

 2.2 Definitions writing, matching and concentration

 2.3 Definitions bluff

 2.4 Collocations i: Make and do

 2.5 Collocations z:Verb + noun

 2.6 Collocations 3: Adjective + noun dominoes

 2.7 Word building 1

 2.8 Word building 2

 2.9 Word building 3

 2.10 Word building 4

 2.11 Word building 5

 2.12 Word building 6

 2.13 Word families

 2.14 Comparatives patchwork

 2.15 Adjectives: Positive or negative？

 2.16 Understanding connotation

 2.17 Multi-word expressions

 2.18 Expressions: Opposites？

 2.19 Phrasal verbs

 2.20 Common lexical errors: Correction

3 Grammar activities

 3.1 Grammar codes

 3.2 Countable and uncountable nouns

 3.3 Uncountable nouns

 3.4 Recipes

 3.5 Plurals

 3.6 Dependent preposition wheels

 3.7 Dependent prepositions: Error correction

 3.8 to or-ing？

 3.9 Common errors: Transitive and intransitive verbs

 3.10 Grammar auction

4 Pronunciation activities

 4.1 Syllables and stress

 4.z Stress: Two syllable nouns and verbs

 4.3 -ed endings

 4.4 Homophones

 4.5 Minimal pairs

 4.6 Odd one out

 4.7 Rhymes？

 4.8 Rhyming slang

 4.9 Bespoke tongue twisters

 4.10 Short short stories

5 Reading and writing activities

 5.1 Reading: Meaning and context 1

 5.2 Reading: Meaning and context 2

 5.3 Confusables

 5.4 Formal or informal 1

 5.5 Formal or informal 2

 5.6 Text completion

 5.7 Academic writing: Discourse markers

 5.8 Punctuation

 5.9 Mini-stories

 5.10 The dice game

 5.11 Extreme dialogue writing

 5.12 Fairy story

6 Quick activities

 6.1 Picture this！ Memory game

 6.2 Spelling

 6.3 Topic brainstorm

 6.4 Senses brainstorm

 6.5 Idioms brainstorm

 6.6 Vocabulary box

 6.7 Describe and draw

 6.8 DIY pre-teaching

 6.9 Associations

 6.10 Hairy headlines

 6.11 Categories

 6.12 Name cards

7 CD-ROM and electronic dictionary activities CD-ROM activities

 7.1 Exploring your dictionary

 7.2 Idioms

 7.3 British and American English

 7.4 Pictures

 7.5 Lexical chains 1

 7.6 Lexical chains 2

 7.7 Haiku Electronic and online dictionary activities

 7.8 Concordances and corpora

 7.9 Word and phrase origins

8 Specialized dictionaries Bilingual dictionaries

 8.1 Word maze

 8.2 Production dictionaries Picture dictionaries

 8.3 Memory game

 8.4 Picture snakes Phrasal verb dictionaries

 8.5 Phrasalverb + noun shuffle

 8.6 Pelmanism Idioms dictionaries

 8.7 Keywords in idioms

 8.8 Idioms in the media

Resources

Index