How to do
- Whenever you have doubt, use dictionaries.
- Use more than one type of dictionaries
- Prioritize English-English dictionaries and academic dictionaries
- Do no rely on Chinese translation
- Read definitions, phrases, collocations, and examples sentences carefully.
Recommended dictionaries
- Longman dictionary:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/ - Merriam-Webster dictionary:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/ - Oxford dictionaries:
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ - Dictionary.com, thesaurus.com
- For idioms, slangs, and cutting-edge, up-to-date usages, use urbandictionary.com
Corpus
- COCA(Corpus of contemporary American English)
- Word and phrase:
https://www.wordandphrase.info/ - Michigan corpus of academic spoken English
- BAWE: British Academic Written English
- Or create your own corpus using Antcom
Referencing software
- Endnote:
https://endnote.com/ - Mendeley:
https://www.mendeley.com/interaction_required=true
