Dictionary definitions

Read dictionary definitions for academic words and review parts of speech to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text

attend

(v)

to officially go to a place, like a school, university or class
You must attend 80 per cent of classes to pass the course.

dormitory plural dormitories

(n)

1. a place where many people sleep
2. US: a big building at a university where students live (UK: hall of residence)
I know John. He lives in my dorm at university.

faculty plural faculties

(n)

all the teachers who work at a university
Norman Brown was in the English faculty for twenty years.

teaching assistant

(n)

a person who works to help a university teacher in a classroom
The teaching assistant has the exams for you at the end of class.

tuition fee

(n)

an amount of money that you pay to go to university
Tuition fees are very high this year.

undergraduate

(n)

a student at a college or university who is studying for a first degree
They met when they were undergraduates at Cambridge University.

Task 1

TrueOrFalse_MjMxOTQ=.xml

Task 2

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Discussion

How often do you use a dictionary?

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I rarely use the dictionary. if I don't know the meaning of a word I search it in some web sites for example Google Translate.

i usually use the dictionary when i study english. it help me to know the difficult words

I always using a dictionary online to understand the sentence and learn vocabulary.

I think the dictionary is very essential for anyone learning a foreign language. When I was in high school, I used to use the dictionary books. When I went to the university, I used to the dictionary applications on my phone. Therefore, I learn English easier and more convenient. When I have new word, I will look it up in the dictionary to understand the meaning and the usage of the word. I think everyone should have the dictionary because it helps you a lot in learning a foreign language.

be a beginner to learn english, I am often to open the dictionary every time when I cant understand about sentence or words. I try to use english to english dictionarry cause I know that will help me to improve my english more but I am still difficulties.

I use the dictionary rarely

I mostly use dictionary if I don.t know word thank you for help

nowdays, usually we use digital dectionary. but printed dictionary is always best.

when I see a new word