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<font size=3>The topic dictionary is probably the most useful to teachers
and the Cree teachers had already p[roduced something called the 'Word
Resource Book' which fulfilled this need. Now the teachers want a
smaller version of a regular dictionary so students can learn
alphabetization and other dictionary skills.<br><br>
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At 08:25 AM 11/5/2003 -0600, Monica Macaulay wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I had actually envisioned something
more like what Marguerite was<br>
talking about below, but we held a couple of community meetings,
and<br>
what emerged was that they would prefer a dictionary for kids in
the<br>
age range of 4th-5th grade, organized by topic (e.g. seasons,
colors,<br>
food, etc.). (We brought some samples of dictionaries that we
found<br>
in the library to the first meeting for them to get ideas from, and<br>
there was this Dr. Seuss one organized by topic that they liked the<br>
best.) So that's how we're doing it. It'll be illustrated
(we're<br>
working on getting that part dealt with!) and will be alphabetical<br>
within each topic.<br><br>
- Monica<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>A good idea to begin with the
children's dictionary, as the East<br>
Cree teachers, having seen the big lexicon, find that a smaller<br>
student version would be more useful in the classroom. Choosing
the<br>
words is the problem, but teachers are now identifying the words<br>
contained in the primary readers and other words they use in the<br>
classroom everyday. We are aiming for a primary dictionary
first.<br>
It will be easy to generate from the main database, once the words<br>
are identified.</blockquote><br><br>
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Monica Macaulay<br>
Department of Linguistics<br>
University of Wisconsin<br>
1168 Van Hise<br>
1220 Linden Drive<br>
Madison, WI 53706<br><br>
email: mmacaula@wisc.edu<br>
phone: (608) 262-2292<br>
web:
<a href="http://ling.wisc.edu/~macaulay/monica.html" eudora="autourl">http://ling.wisc.edu/~macaulay/monica.html</a><br>
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Marguerite MacKenzie<br>
Associate Professor and Head<br>
Department of Linguistics<br>
Memorial University of Newfoundland<br>
St. John's, NL, A1B 3X9<br>
Tel. (709) 737-8905/8134<br>
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