Vocabulary work - Using dictionaries May Horverak 2014

Vocabulary Important: Formal or informal words? Precise language Variety in language Advanced vocabulary Correct formality level Formal or informal words? Despair Controversy Trash Crack May Horverak 2014

Digital tools Dictionaries Thesauruses, free online versions Norwegian- English: Ordnett+ English-English: free online versions: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ http://www.merriam-webster.com/ Thesauruses, free online versions Give synonyms + related words and antonyms (words meaning the opposite) http://thesaurus.com/ Trialversion of visual thesaurus: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ May Horverak 2014

Exercises - dictionaries Look up the word «multiculturalism» in the different online dictionaries and see if there is a difference in the definitions given. Check also in Ordnett+ (You do not have to write the full adress, just search for «online dictionaries». If you do not get links to all of them, add the search words needed, like Collins, Merriam-Webster, Cambridge, Oxford) Check these three words, and see if you find any information in the different dictionaries about the formality level of the words: Junkie Trash damn May Horverak 2014

Exercises - synonyms Look up these words in Ordnett+ and in the thesauruses. What information do you get in the thesauruses that you do not get in Ordnett+? Despair Complain Pursue Cynical Are there any antonyms that may be useful here to include in your text? May Horverak 2014

exercises Look up some words from Obama’s speech that you do not know the meaning of in Ordnett+. Check if there are words in your text that you have used many times, and check in Ordnett+ and thesauruses if there are some synonyms you might use instead. May Horverak 2014