corpus based digital dictionary construction for esp
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Corpus-based digital dictionary construction for ESP.
By Julio PalmaUniversidad del Zulia
Núcleo Costa Oriental del Lago (Cabimas)
Overview
• Learning Objective
• Steps for making a dictionary
• Strategies for learning specialized words.
• Q&A
Learning Objective
By the end of the lesson students will be able to design a dictionary entry considering all the elements of a dictionary format.
Class description
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Learners: University studentsModality: Hybrid or Blended LearningEnglish level: low IntermediateLanguage skills: Reading and writingEquipment: Computers with internet, Sketch engine software (teacher), Google+Duration: 2 weeks.
Steps for making a dictionary
Part 1: Preparation of material by the teacher
http://www.sketchengine.co.uk/
Create a specialized corpus
• What is a corpus? A corpus is any body of text collected with the aim of analyzing its features.
(Landau, 2002:273)
Part 3: Teacher creates an e-booklet for guidance and word list creation.
This booklet is delivered online to students
What is in a dictionary layout?
Word entry in English
Translation into Spanish
Definition of the word in English (Source should be credited via link or reference)
Example sentence( A sentence where the entry is used in context)
Part of the Speech tag
Associated word Picture
Strategies for learning new words
Slides are shown in
the classroom
Words are taken
from the booklet
Students make presentations
using a dictionary
format
Presentations are published
in the class website
What remains to be done?
Rubric integration
Peer-Evaluation
Word Networking
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