Saturday, August 31, 2013

HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY IN 8 STEPS

There are more than one million of words in the English language and a dictionary has usually this number but native speakers know only about 60.000 of those words. Since a dictionary may be a useful tool for people who are learning a foreign language you should take advantage of it to improve your language skills besides helping you with the spelling and meaning of words. Most dictionary have useful expressions or everyday language sections that are also an important feature for non-native speakers.

I'm going to give you some steps that you must follow to do of your english dictionary a useful tool.


STEP 1  

Buy (get)  a quality dictionary. If you don't own a good dictionary, consider buying one during sale time in local stores. It's a good idea to upgrade your dictionary every now,  so that you can have access to the latest words that are added to the dictionary.  If you prefer and if you have a smart phone you can consider download a on-line or off-line dictionary application.

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