Understanding a greek menu with the help of the Internet

Learn how to use the Internet in order to understand a text.

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  Use your own resources: ...

1. Use your world knowledge --> ... Prices and currency: You are probably already familiar with prices and currency and this will help you to decode some of the letters. Before reading the menu in detail detect some elements. 2. Use your textual knowledge. --> ... You will be able to identify the structure of the text for intended reader different menus the order of the courses in menus (starter, main course, dessert) 3. Use your linguistic knowledge. --> ... Try to pronounce a few Greek words. You will probably recognise a few words in your language or in some other languages you know.

Use Internet resources: ...

Find images for better understanding. ... Use, for example, the Google Image Search. Copy the name of the dish or if that does not work one of its ingredients into Google. The picture might help you to understand. You can also transcribe the Greek word into the Latin alphabet since a lot of images are saved in Latin script: To transcribe: use your own knowledge or use the following page. >> Use a bilingual online dictionary. ... Wordlingo >> In.gr >>

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Comprehension is only possible if knowledge is available at three levels: of the world, the text, linguistics. The Internet may offer additional help regarding the comprehension of a word (dictionairies, images...). Using the Internet, the teacher can choose between: finding interesting links in advance and handing them out to learners to use and access e.g. online dictionaries, or asking the learner to find resources himself to incite the use of this strategy in other situations. In this case, the learner should be assisted in this task.

• To go a step further ...

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