FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS Y HUMANIDADES

ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE DERECHO

INGLES I

“Comparative table between a Dictionary and a Glossary”

Author:
Amador Alexander Ramos Rodríguez

CYCLE: II
SECTIÓN: “eLsA”

SUBJECT TEACHER:
Carlomagno Sancho Noriega

Pimentel - Perú
YEAR 2024
 COMPARATIVE TABLE
ITEMS GLOSSARY DICTIONARY
DEFINITION  The word glossary comes  The dictionary is a book
from the Latin glossarium. A that compiles terms, in
glossary is a list of words that alphabetical order, that
are difficult to understand and form a language and
these are accompanied by clarifies their different
their meaning or some meanings, the dictionary
comment and are arranged can be used to know the
alphabetically. meaning or spelling, use
or function of a word.
CHARACTERISTICS  Glossary terms can be  Dictionaries do not only
classified into categories. have one author; they are
 Glossaries can be viewed in a a collaborative work of
variety of presentation different people.
formats.  There are different types
 Participants can comment on of dictionaries.
the glossary entries.  It is organized in
 Entries can be graded using alphabetical order on a
scales defined by the teacher. universal basis.
 It is common for it to be  Each piece of data
included at the end of displayed in the dictionary
chapters, books, or blogs. fulfils a function.
 It is frequently used in  It contains an appropriate
research papers. vocabulary for each stage
 It gives the possibility of of study.
collecting information in an  Contains clear and precise
enriched way, typical of a definitions.
specific topic.  Includes symbols and
 Can be built individually or abbreviations.
collectively  Includes examples of the
 search term.
 Grammatical information
appears that facilitates the
understanding of what is
read.
ADVANTAGES  It allows you to organize the  You can look up the terms
terms and their definitions for a in a dictionary that is in any
given topic aught. language.
 Allows you to add definitions  There are several types of
collaboratively. dictionaries, such as
 It allows us to deepen and encyclopedic, visual (they
broaden our learning. provide information
 Allows you to exchange related through images and
terms with other courses. drawings), and synonyms
 More coherent and and antonyms.
homogeneous texts.  Helps the pronunciation of
 Can be built individually or words.
collectively.  Grammatical information
 Terms can be grouped into appears that facilitates the
categories. understanding of what is
 They may contain images. read.
 They have a search tool.  Some dictionaries use
 They can be displayed in explanatory illustrations.
different formats.  It is common to find
synonyms and antonyms.
 Their meanings are linked
to different fields of
recognition.
DISAVANTAGES  Limited to a single topic or  If the dictionary is in paper
subject. format, it can be difficult to
 Sometimes it does not convey use.
the real concept.  New words may not be
 Some concepts are usually added and to have new
limited. terms you would have to
  If duplicate entries are allowed, purchase a new one.
participants may not be clear  Word search takes time.
about which is correct .  If the dictionary is a paper
 If you allow the learner to dictionary, it can be
directly add entries to the difficult to use.
glossary without proper  Word lookup takes time.
validation by the teacher, errors
in the definition of the concepts
may be fixed.
DIFERENCES  Images can be found  Words are not ordered
 Only the meanings related to according to a specific
the topic to be treated are topic, so they can be found
shown from any term

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