Definition of Picture Dictionary

2.3 General Concept of Picture Dictionary

2.3.1 Definition of Picture Dictionary

A dictionary, also referred to as a lexicon, wordbook, or vocabulary, is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon Wikipedia, httpwww.thefreeencyclopedia. There are several kinds of dictionary. One of them is picture dictionary. It is one of the picture aids which can be used as a teaching aid. Actually, there is no exact definition of picture dictionary; here the writer will give more explanation about picture and dictionary. Picture is a photo or drawing to illustrate place, thing or person and dictionary is a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words, with information given for each word usually including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology httpwww.thefreedictionary.com. While according to webster 2004: 937, 347 Picture is a design or representation made by various means as painting, drawing, or photography and dictionary is a reference book listing alphabetically terms or important to a particular subject or activity a language with discussion of their meaning and application. Picture dictionaries are useful in a variety of teaching environments, such as teaching a young child about Authentic Pictorial Lexicon. Picture dictionaries are often organized by topic instead of being an their native language, and in foreign language instruction for children and adults such as the Culturally alphabetic list of words. Picture dictionaries are almost always minimizing dictionary, minimizing dictionarie, and only include a small corpus of words wikipedia, httpwww.thefreeencyclopedia. The primary aim of picture dictionary usage is basically similar to the aim of dictionary, to explain the meanings denotation of the forms entried and to give information as spelling, syllabification, pronunciation, synonyms, facts of usage, and derived forms. As a bilingual dictionary, picture dictionary entries forms in one language and defines them or more often their explanation, etymologies, and other information concerning them, which is perceptible by the sight. From the definition above of picture and dictionary, the writer concludes that picture dictionary is a book giving information on particular things and subjects ussually arranged in alphabetic order with their explanation of their meaning, pronunciation, etymologies, and other information about them, which is perceptible by the drawing.

2.3.2 The Function of Picture Dictionary in Language Teaching