1. Types of Dictionaries A. Types of Dictionaries in terms of form/medium: - Books (advantages & disadvantages) - CDs (advantages & disadvantages) - Internet/Online Dictionaries (advantages & disadvantages)

2. CD ROMs

5. Types of Dictionaries B. Types of Dictionaries in terms of content: 1- General Dictionaries: normal dictionaries that give you information about the most common words. - Disadvantage: They don’t include new words until they become common.

6. 2. Specialized Dictionaries They are useful for a special group of people (e.g. children/Advanced learners). Useful for special fields of knowledge (e.g. medicine/ computer sciences/ chemistry). OR: They concentrate on one part of language (e.g. idioms/abbreviations) Translating between different varieties of one language (e.g. British -American) Having a special organization (thesaurus: a dictionary listing words with all their synonyms (i.e. words with similar meaning.

7. 2. Specialized Dictionaries

9. C. Types of Dictionaries in terms of the language 1. Monolingual dictionaries: All entries come in one language 2. Bilingual Dictionaries: Each entry has translations of words in another language. 3. Multilingual dictionaries: Each entry has translations of words more than two languages.