Reading with a dictionary

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

English

Miss Soekhoe 
05-03-24

Check-in

How are you?

How was your weekend?

Did you do anything fun?

Goal of today 

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to effectively use a dictionary to enhance your reading skills.

Group discussion 

What is medication?

What do you know about certain medications?

How many types of medication do you know?

What is your role as to know these medications? 

Why should you know them in English? 

Vocabulary 

Look at the word list and discuss the words in pairs.

Don't write anything down yet!

5 minutes 

How to use a dictionary

How do you use a dictionary? 

1. Look at the first letter of the word.
2. Look at the second (third, fourth, etc.) letter of the word. 
3. Search the word. 
4. Read the translation and definition. 
5. Look at how the word falls into the context.  

Let's practice 

Look up these words in the dictionary:

1. Contribute

2. Ambitious

3. Proficient

4. Coherent

5. Sufficient

Reading time!

What: read the text 

To do: highlight or underline any difficult words.

Help: look up the words in the dictionary and put them in the table.

Time: 20 minutes 

Let's discuss 

How many words did you write down?

What words did you write down?

Let's discuss them.

Answer the questions

What: answer the questions.

Help: look up difficult words in the dictionary. 

Time: 15 minutes.

The answers 

1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. c 

Evaluation 

What did you think of today's lesson?

Did you learn anything new? 

What would you like to focus on next time?