Comments on: Happy Holidays Everybody! http://edgycation.org/archives/84 at the edge of education Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: edgycation http://edgycation.org/archives/84/comment-page-1#comment-45 edgycation Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:37:00 +0000 http://edgycation.org/?p=84#comment-45 That works pretty well for me as well. I only allow them to use dictionaries as a last resort. and then they have to read out all (or most of ) the definitions and there is some discussion about which is most appropriate for the situation.<br><br>Scott That works pretty well for me as well. I only allow them to use dictionaries as a last resort. and then they have to read out all (or most of ) the definitions and there is some discussion about which is most appropriate for the situation.

Scott

]]> By: edgycation http://edgycation.org/archives/84/comment-page-1#comment-28 edgycation Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:37:00 +0000 http://edgycation.org/?p=84#comment-28 That works pretty well for me as well. I only allow them to use dictionaries as a last resort. and then they have to read out all (or most of ) the definitions and there is some discussion about which is most appropriate for the situation.<br><br>Scott That works pretty well for me as well. I only allow them to use dictionaries as a last resort. and then they have to read out all (or most of ) the definitions and there is some discussion about which is most appropriate for the situation.

Scott

]]> By: Jackie Bolen http://edgycation.org/archives/84/comment-page-1#comment-27 Jackie Bolen Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:22:12 +0000 http://edgycation.org/?p=84#comment-27 I really don't like my students using dictionaries in class. As you guys mentioned, dictionaries (electronic ones are the worst) will often produce these crazy renderings that just don't make sense. Or are words that I've never heard of, or would never use. <br><br>My solution is to take a few minutes at the beginning of each class and explain any vocab that I think might be problematic for that lesson, using other English words that they do know. And then if there are any further words they don't know, I tell them to ask me or a friend who is good at English and we can explain it to them. I really don't like my students using dictionaries in class. As you guys mentioned, dictionaries (electronic ones are the worst) will often produce these crazy renderings that just don't make sense. Or are words that I've never heard of, or would never use.

My solution is to take a few minutes at the beginning of each class and explain any vocab that I think might be problematic for that lesson, using other English words that they do know. And then if there are any further words they don't know, I tell them to ask me or a friend who is good at English and we can explain it to them.

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