Hi Magneto!

When dealing with definitions I normally use the definitions provided by online dictionaries, depending on the level of the students. You know, sometimes dictionaries definitions don�t work because they include words our students haven�t learned yet, therefore I sometimes risk to write my own definitions.

I see no problem in including word definitions found on dictionaries. It�ll be nice to include references if all of them were taken from the same source though.

If the worksheet only contains words + definitions from a dictionary it�s a completely different story, and it�s to be reported for not being the member�s work.

Hope it helps and have a nice day / evening.

(Please, don�t take as many pills as recommended by Philip, you may have a serious reaction, or won�t be able to wake up on time to go to work tomorrow�)

Hi Magneto,�

as an example, I can tell you that I also made a worksheet which was based on dictionary definitions. The task included was to match the words with their definitions (which I took from several dictionaries) and I added questions to think about and discuss. The aim was to provide my students with the specific vocabulary I wanted them to know and I wanted to make it more challenging and helpful for them as I wanted to make them explain the words later in English (a simple list of words would not have been so useful). The main thing was to make the explanations clear and correct. I am a teacher, and I think I should provide my students with the proper material, not too necessarily create it, I am not here to write books or dictionaries but to learn them to work with them.�

To sum up, I don �t think that working with a dictionary in the proper way is copying or stealing. I strongly believe that the worksheet you are going to create will be ok considering the concern you are showing. BTW: My worksheet stayed not reported.�

Have a nice day, Mish