Dictionaries and encyclopediaes

On 14th February we started our formation introducing ourselves and talking about the contents  we were going to learn along the other sessions and established our timetable.
During the two first sessions we went through some dictionaries and encyclopediaes.
The one we chose to talk about is http://www.thefreedictionary.com/.
On the left you have "what's inside" and there are 8 free different types ofdictionaries related to Topic Areas, such as medicine, financial, Acronyms, idioms.... Then you have one which needs subscription: Hutchinson Encyclopedia.
Then you find links to other dictionaties in 13 different languages, including Portuguese, and the corresponding flags. This allows you to access the homepage in the language you want and create your own personal homepage in your language.
Then you have a folder for surfers, another one for webmasters and one about the weather.
In the middle of the homepage you have six options:
Customise your Homepage
Word of the day
Article of the day
In the News
This Day in History
Today's birthday
On your right you have access to different fields: English Language forum, My word list, Games (Spelling, writing, listening), Quotation of the day and Horoscope.
When you click on one of the different type of dictionaries, you have 8 folders ( all dictionries) and if you choose one word you may listen to British and American pronunciation, you have information about synonyms, words related, antonyms, important quotations, the origin of the word , translations.....
In my opinion it's a very good tool for students and teachers because they can get lots of varied information and improve their skills. It' s appealing and very complete.
See you next session!