Bilingual dictionaries are an essential part of every language learner’s toolbox, but they can be both a blessing and a curse. Aside from the fact that it’s far too easy to look up a word rather than making the effort to remember what you learned, even the act of looking something up can be fraught with difficulty, because students aren’t always taught the right way to use bilingual dictionaries. It’s not difficult, but it does require more effort than finding the right page and accepting the first word in the list:
Tips on using bilingual dictionaries.
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Laura is a French expert and Kwiziq's Head of Quality Control. Online educator since '99, Laura is passionate about language, travel, and cooking. She's American by birth and a permanent ex-pat by choice - freelancing made it possible for her to travel extensively and live in several countries before settling permanently in Guadeloupe. Laura is the author of Lawless French, Lawless Spanish, and other websites and books on French, Spanish, Italian, English, and vegetarianism. She spends most of her spare time reading, playing with food, and enjoying water sports.