Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

You are going to hear Fergus, a lexicographer, talking about his job. Listen and answer the questions using a maximum of four words. 5 Talk about the topic Discuss the following questions in small groups. 6 1 What kind of dictionary is Fergus working on? 2 What are the decisions he has to make? 3 What is the idiom he quotes? 4 What are the advantages of Fergus’s job? 5 Is he worried about online dictionaries? 1 How often do you use a dictionary to look up: • a German word? ____ • an English word? ____ 2 What dictionaries do you have at home? 3 What dictionaries do you use the most? 4 What other reference books do you use? 5 Do you regularly use a dictionary on CD-ROM? 6 What are the advantages of dictionaries on CD-ROM? 7 Have you ever used an online dictionary? What did you think of it? 8 Do you think paper dictionaries will be obsolete in the near future? 2/09 160 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv