Sample e-lesson: Collocations
The resources you will find on this page are examples of the kind of materials that will be available on the new Macmillan English Dictionary resource site from April.
MED e-lessons are free downloadable dictionary activities for use in the classroom or for private study. Each e-lesson comes complete with full teacher's notes. This sample material addresses the concept of using collocations, and is suitable for upper intermediate to advanced learners.
Collocations - words have friends too!
When learning words it is helpful to notice and to learn some of the words that they often occur with (their collocations). This helps learners to manipulate 'chunks' of language, and to work with greater fluency. The new edition of the Macmillan English Dictionary contains over 500 special collocation boxes in addition to the essential collocates that are shown in the dictionary entry. This example uses the word 'join':
MED e-lessons are part of the Macmillan English Dictionary suite that won the British Council Innovation Awards in March 2004. For more information about the award, click here.
Click here to go back to the Macmillan English Dictionary website, and here to find out more about the new edition of the Macmillan English Dictionary on MacmillanEnglish.com.
The resources you will find on this page are examples of the kind of materials that will be available on the new Macmillan English Dictionary resource site from April. MED e-lessons are free downloadable dictionary activities for use in the classroom or for private study. Each e-lesson comes complete with full teacher's notes. This sample material addresses the concept of using collocations, and is suitable for upper intermediate to advanced learners.
Collocations - words have friends too!
When learning words it is helpful to notice and to learn some of the words that they often occur with (their collocations). This helps learners to manipulate 'chunks' of language, and to work with greater fluency. The new edition of the Macmillan English Dictionary contains over 500 special collocation boxes in addition to the essential collocates that are shown in the dictionary entry. This example uses the word 'join':
MED e-lessons are part of the Macmillan English Dictionary suite that won the British Council Innovation Awards in March 2004. For more information about the award, click here.Click here to go back to the Macmillan English Dictionary website, and here to find out more about the new edition of the Macmillan English Dictionary on MacmillanEnglish.com.
