Showing posts with label "Dictionary review transcription". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Dictionary review transcription". Show all posts

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Dictionary review transcription

Guess who's back? Today I have to write a special post about a video we did in English class last week. I have to tell that we had quite a lot of fun recording our voices and filming the computer screen :D In a group of four we had to make a presentation of an online dictionary. We actually got very lucky with the OALD (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary). I did not know this dictionary before but I have to admit that it is really helpful and I started to use it nearly every day. 
However, as I am not a perfect English speaking person (yet) I unfortunately found a couple of mistakes as I was listening to my part. 
My part was about the disadvantages,(almost none), and the special features of the monolingual OALD. The first thing I immediately recognized was the word order of the third sentence. I said "So if you are searching for a word which you only know in German it probably is not the best choice to use this dictionary". If I could correct myself I would say "So if you are searching for a word that you only know in German using this dictionary is probably not the best choice". I would also change the sentence "And it also has some good features.." into "It offers some good features as well..". So if I would be able to write everything down before I am talking, it would probably sound a little more professional ;)
All in all I realized that I have to work on my vocabulary when I am speaking. It is always easier to express yourself in a written text than in a spoken one. I also heard that I was using the word "dictionary" very often as well as "so" at the beginning of a lot of sentences. 

According to this my aim is to expand my vocabulary and try to use it also in the spoken language. But to mention a positive thing as well, I have to say that I think I am talking quite fluently and without many "ums" :)