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2. ‘ 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

3. Structure On-line Dictionaries How to use the on-line dictionaries Comparison of some common on-line dictionaries The best on-line dictionary

4. Online dictionaries: –http://dictionary.reference.com/http://dictionary.reference.com/ –http://www.thefreedictionary.com/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ –http://www.merriam-webster.com/http://www.merriam-webster.com/ –OED online: http://dictionary.oed.com/http://dictionary.oed.com/ –Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ –Longman Dictionary Online http://www.ldoceonline.com/ –Collins Online Dictionary http://www.collinslanguage.com/

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

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

7. Title Date publis hed Bilingual or Monolingual Probable? Examples of how words are used? OED online 2009MYesFew Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary online 2009MYesMany & Specific Longman Dictionary Online 2009MYes Many Specific Vivid Collins Online Dictionary 2008M Not really (needs Login) Few English-Chinese Online Dictionary n.d.BYesA few

8. The Best ? Longman Online Dictionary