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NTNU CCRS
I like the way it counts the frequency about the collocation. That way I can easily know what word appears most with the target word. And because this is also a corpus, the way people use the target word can be easily find out, too. In addition, the interface of this corpus is easy to use and this is quiet important for language learners. Unfortunately, I can not see the whole context of each datum (there is no link on each datum).

Tango Verb-Noun Collocation
The interface is also very easy and clear, but I think it is quiet hard for beginner to use because they need to know what are VN, VNP, VPN.... first. But for advanced learners, they can find out what they need quickly. For me, I think it is ok to use it. And as I use it, I learn new phrase now :D

In my opinion, it is hard to tell whether a corpus or a dictionary is better because I'll use them both to help me improve my English. If I need to know the definition of a word, I just look it up in a dictionary, and then I can use collocation corpus to help me go further learning more about how to use that word.

The difficulty I face is to analyze the data I get from corpus. For example, the assignment last time is using corpus to make difference between the words "big" and "large." Although I read my data for many times, I still can't tell and generalize them. But after Sally's explaining, I think I can try some words next time and maybe I will progress a lot!

A Big Car Or A Large Class?

What is the difference between big and large? After learning English for so many years, I can't image that I've never thought this question before and I was surprised that I can't answer this question from my experiences.

Fortunately, we have one thing called concordancer. I use both VLC Concordancer and NTNU Web Concordancer to search and analyze the difference between these two words.

Here I got some conclusion:
1. Large is mostly used to describe the quantity of things or something we call "invisible."
ex. a large chunk of Andorra / the only large brand

2. Big is mostly used to describe things which are more visible.
ex. a big city / the big guns

Beside this, I hardly to find other differences @"@ I'm now sinking in the "big and large" pond~~~~~~

It's time to go to other people's blog to check more details about this question!

Feedback for this week- DICTIONARY

This week we talked about dictionaries. Although I've been an English major student for many years, I still got poor idea and knowledge of dictionaries. I know as an English learner, I need to use dictionary more, especially the paper ones. But I am really a very lazy girl that I'd rather choose on-line dictionary to save my time. As a result, I can not prove my English well by the help of dictionaries. Once I got a chance to get closer to my English-English dictionary; that was when I was preparing for my transfer examination. My teacher ask us all to use Collins CoBuild as more times as we can. He said, "The one who use this dictionary more often, he or she will get more chance to enter top school." I was encouraged a lot; thus, I use that book almost every time when I face English(whatever writing homework or reading novels). Using that dictionary did really help me a lot, my English obviously become better than before at that time. Unfortunately, after I entered NTUST, I quit this good habit and I really feel sorry for this thing. I know I really need to pick it up again one day, asap, and after this class I am sure that I will!

In this week's class I knew a variety of dictionaries that I've never seen before. I tried all the links on teacher's board and here's my comment:

1. I prefer the Tech Terms Distionary because nowadays we live in such "tech" world and we will face a lot of vocabularies about computer science. This dictionary can help us get a clear idea soon after you press the enter button.

2. As for learners dictionaries (paper ones), I still like my own "Collins CoBuild" because it did help me a lot. By using a limited amount of words, I can learn more new words. And for the on-line ones, I like Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary better because I prefer the setting.

3. Dictionary.com is a cool website! Because it can not only offer you the on-line dictionary, but also you can practice your English on the website. I played the crossword puzzle but it was kind difficult for me @"@; however, it was still interesting for me to guess those words!!

4. I think OneLook Dictionary Search is also cool because when you look up a new word, it will not only tell you the meaning about one field but also you can know what the word mean in other field. It is really helpful and can gain English vocabularies I believe.

5. The most impressive one: Merriam-Webster's New Online Visual Dictionary! I love picture dictionary a lot! The pictures in this on-line dictionary are nice and I really like them. I can learn a variety of word through those lovely pictures and I am sure as long as I have time, I will try all those themes.

And now I'm going to add my favorite dictionaries into my BLOG !!

Self-Introduction

Hey there, ^^
I'm Peggy, I've just had my birthday celebration week!
I love reading, singing, watching TV, listening to music, and taking trips.
It's my last semester at NTUST and I'll try to find a proper way for myself.

For my short-term goal; I hope I can pass the ITI entrance exam and take the tough training.

Recently, I started to go to concerts, watch some exhibition, and visit a lot of places in Taipei (maybe in other cities some other day.) I love this kind of life style and this is the way I make myself feel relaxed.

If you feel lots of pressure from your works, I recommand that you can go outside and do something relaxable like me. I believe you will get your power again and do much better on your works. :D