Strategy: Wikipedia for meanings
8 Keywords: Wikipedia, Vocabulary, Language, Reading, Dictionary, Specific Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia, Specific Learning Differences
"I quite regularly use a dictionary online. I tend to use “dictionary.com”. Or if I am looking up ... Maybe I am reading through something and I don't necessarily understand a word I look at Wikipedia just to get a definition. I know a lot of people and the academics are not that keen on it, but it is so often I’m reading a sentence, and maybe for example I am reading about health and activity... there was a word recently 'epidemiology’. I didn't have a clue what it meant! I just typed it into Wikipedia and it gave me the definition and it helped me ... which is great!"
Dictionary.com has pronunciations for some words but they are all in American and may not always be helpful when it comes to medical terms.
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"I have a hand dictionary, but I find it’s very time-consuming trying to find the word – a Franklyn one."
- TomTip
Try the Ghotit Context Spellchecker Service or Ginger if you want online checking from spellings in the context of a sentence. Designed for individuals with specific spelling difficulties, they can also help those for whom English is not their first language.
