教學生如何使用辭典,是否有它的必要性?確實有!學外文時學者經常參考辭典。那時候,他究竟在找甚麼?他應該使用那一種辭典?辭典能夠給他甚麼樣的資訊?以下的文章探討這些問題,並從教學方法的觀點建議如何教導在臺灣學習德文的學生使用單語的辭典、如何讓他們理解辭典的整體結構、如何讓他們選擇適合他們學習程度的辭典。
Is it necessary to teach the use of a dictionary? Yes it is! While learning a foreign language, the learner often refers to a dictionary. What is he looking for? Which dictionary should he use? Which informations do dictionaries offer? The article below deals with these questions and suggests a didactic approach of how to teach Taiwanese students of the German language the use of a monolingual dictionary with the aim of enabling students to understand the macrostructure of dictionaries and to choose an appropriate dictionary for their language studies.