Dictionaries and their usage in English Learning

Title: Dictionaries and their usage in English Learning l Information Category: Arts>English Level: B/A Dictionaries and their usage in English Learning Thesis Submitted in Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts l Acknowledgement: I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to director Jiang LiLi, my supervisor, without whose valuable advice and guidance this dissertation could not have been accomplished. Also, I would like to extend my thanks to all the lecturers who have provided me with knowledge of English Language and Literature, which is very useful to the writing of this dissertation. Finally I should acknowledge a debt to those whose ideas or work have been adopted in the dissertation. l Abstract: English Dictionaries are necessary for the people who want to learn English, this paper intends to discuss analytically the classification of the English dictionaries and its usages in the English Learning. According to the definition given by the Webster’s Dictionary, dictionaries can be classified into 3 groups, that is a reference book giving for words of one language equivalents in another; a reference book containing words use. Alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations and syntactical and idiomatic uses; a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications. l Table of Contents: Ⅰ Introduction 1) The development of English language and English dictionary Ⅱ English dictionaries of the first stage