Dictionaries and Encoding Examples to Support Language Production

Frankenberg‐Garcia, Ana

doi:10.1093/ijl/ecv013

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“…Following user studies on the value of examples for language production (e.g. Frankenberg-Garcia, 2014, 2015), we opted to do this by presenting writers with carefully curated corpus examples. We were guided by the principles discussed in Atkins and Rundell (2008), where good examples are typical, informative, intelligible, and not overly long.…”

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Developing a writing assistant to help EAP writers with collocations in real time

Frankenberg‐Garcia¹,

Lew²,

Roberts³

et al. 2018

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Corpora have given rise to a wide range of lexicographic resources aimed at helping novice users of academic English with their writing. This includes academic vocabulary lists, a variety of textbooks, and even a bespoke academic English dictionary. However, writers may not be familiar with these resources or may not be sufficiently aware of the lexical shortcomings of their emerging texts to trigger the need to use such help in the first place. Moreover, writers who have to stop writing to look up a word can be distracted from getting their ideas down on paper. The ColloCaid project (www.collocaid.uk) aims to address these problems by integrating information on collocation with text editors. In this paper, we share the research underpinning the initial development of ColloCaid by detailing the rationale of (1) the lexicographic database we are compiling to support the collocation needs of novice users of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and (2) the preliminary visualisation decisions taken to present information on collocation to EAP users without disrupting their writing. We conclude the paper by outlining the next steps in the research.

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Section: Lexicographic Decisionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a writing assistant to help EAP writers with collocations in real time

Frankenberg‐Garcia¹,

Lew²,

Roberts³

et al. 2018

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“…In recent years, researchers (Dziemianko 2010(Dziemianko , 2014Chen 2011Chen , 2012Chen , 2017Chan 2012Chan , 2014Hu and Zhang 2013;Frankenberg-Garcia 2015) have focused on dictionary use and language acquisition. However, they tend to report on factors that affect learners' use of information while not providing a comprehensive description of the application of this information in natural settings.…”

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An Empirical Study of EFL Learners' Dictionary Use in Chinese–English Translation

Liang

2018

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This article reports on the results of a study which investigated English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners' use of an electronic dictionary in a L1-L2 translation task. Forty-seven university graduate students from a Chinese university were asked to translate a Chinese passage into English on computers with the support of an embedded dictionary. Screen recorders were used to record their dictionary use behavior and a follow-up interview was conducted to tap into the thinking processes behind their behavior. The results of the study show that when translating, EFL learners demonstrate preferences for L2 equivalents and content words in their lookups, and reveal specific problems such as a preoccupation with L2 equivalents and lack of awareness of other lexical information, which may hinder correct application of dictionary information. This study suggests that dictionary use behavior may affect the development of students' ability to translate and requires attention from both EFL learners and teachers. It is further suggested that translation teachers should alert learners to the importance of checking other lexical information in a dictionary in their translation practice.

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“…Ceci n'est pas le cas dans tous les dictionnaires incluant des exemples tirés de corpus. Enfin, la combinaison des ressources pour la production semble être la solution la plus bénéfique au vu des apports différents des dictionnaires et des corpus (Landure 2004 ;Koo 2006 ;Frankenberg-Garcia 2015).…”

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Le corpus comme aide à la rédaction de résumés scientifiques pour des étudiants LANSAD : une approche comparative

Simard¹

2018

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Si l'anglais scientifique est régulièrement enseigné, nous proposons d'explorer une méthode encore peu utilisée dans les salles de classe, mais reconnue comme ayant des résultats positifs (O'Sullivan 2007 ; Chambers 2010 ; Boulton & Tyne 2013) : le data-driven learning, tel que nommé par un des précurseurs de cette approche, Johns (1991). Cette méthode, aussi appelée « apprentissage sur corpus » (ASC) par Boulton et Tyne (2013), utilise des corpus pour l'enseignement langagier. L'étudiant se positionne alors typiquement comme un chercheur et le professeur comme un guide dans un apprentissage qui se fait au rythme des découvertes dans le corpus. Afin de décrire cette dynamique d'apprentissage, Chambers (2010 : 15) rappelle la métaphore du détective Sherlock Holmes utilisée par Johns (1997 : 101) qui « souligne le rôle plus actif et plus autonome de l'apprenant dans cette nouvelle approche ». Le corpus comme aide à la rédaction de résumés scientifiques pour des étudian... ASp, 73 | 2018 An understanding of the implications and relevance of corpus use for pedagogy may help teachers and learners overcome this resistance, and hence accelerate the process of "percolation" (McEnery & Wilson 1997 : 5) or the "trickle down" (Leech 1997 : 2) of corpus research to language teaching and learning. (2007 : 269) 1.1.2. Des résultats positifs à nuancer Nombre d'expériences effectuées en ASC montrent des résultats encourageants (

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Dictionaries and Encoding Examples to Support Language Production

Cited by 24 publications

References 10 publications

Developing a writing assistant to help EAP writers with collocations in real time

Developing a writing assistant to help EAP writers with collocations in real time

An Empirical Study of EFL Learners' Dictionary Use in Chinese–English Translation

Le corpus comme aide à la rédaction de résumés scientifiques pour des étudiants LANSAD : une approche comparative

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