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Can dictionary skills be taught? The effectiveness of lexicographic training for primary-school-leve
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Lew, Robert Galas, K. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | In the present paper we examine the question of whether dictionary reference skills can be taught effectively in the classroom. To this end, we test the reference skills of a group of Polish primary-school students attending English classes twice: prior to and following a 12-session specially-designed training program. Despite the subjects' high confidence in their reference skills reported in the accompanying questionnaire, they performed rather poorly on the pre-test. Following a training program, the performance improves substantially and significantly more than in a matched control group. We conclude that a dictionary skills training program may be effective in teaching language learners at this level to use dictionaries more effectively, though different skills benefit to different degrees. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://repozytorium.amu.edu.pl/bitstream/10593/342/1/Lew_Galas_2008_Can_dictionary_skills_be_taught.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.euralex.org/elx_proceedings/Euralex2008/128_Euralex_2008_Robert%20Lew_Katarzyna%20Galas_Can%20Dictionary%20Skills%20Be%20Taught_The%20Effectiveness%20of%20Lexicographic%20Training.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
