Online Dictionaries:
American English Dictionary for English Language Learners
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/
Oxford English Dictionary: British English, very thorough
http://www.oed.com/
*you need to create a free account
Slang dictionary, not always accurate, but tells you some slang, insults, etc.:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/
Online Corpus: database of actual use of words
British English Corpus: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
American English Corpus: http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/
Vocabulary Learning Tips:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/vocabulary_tips.htm
http://esl.fis.edu/learners/advice/vocab.htm
Learn, applying one of these methods, and teach your peers. Record all the new words in your personal dictionary! Google Docs spreadsheet!
Comment below:
When would you use a dictionary? urban dictionary? a corpus?
How do you learn new vocabulary?
Do you keep track of the new vocabulary you learn?
Can you imagine a personal dictionary? What would it look like?
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