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A non-native user perspective of corpus - based dictionaries of English and French. A non-native user perspective of corpus - based dictionaries of English and French.

Ilha do Desterro, 2008
Corpus-based dictionaries are intended to any native or non-native speaker of a particular language. Nonetheless, terminology researchers insist that professional translators need to be aware of the array of resources made available to them by ...
Estela Carvalho
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Chinese University Students’ Motivation to Learn Greek: A Transnational Postdigital Exploration

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on the motivation of learners of Languages Other Than English (LOTE) has grown steadily in recent years; however, most studies focus on classroom‐based activities and seldom consider how transnational experiences or digital practices contribute to motivational development.
Zhen Li, Aretousa Giannakou, Yuji Du
wiley   +1 more source

The effectiveness of ChatGPT as a lexical tool for English, compared with a bilingual dictionary and a monolingual learner’s dictionary

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Traditionally, language learners have relied on dictionaries when trying to read or write in a foreign language. However, new LLM-based chatbots may offer an alternative to traditional dictionaries as lexical tools.
Robert Lew, Bartosz Ptasznik, Sascha Wolfer   +2 more
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Exploring English Language Learners’ Vocabulary Knowledge and Usage When Speaking

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vocabulary forms a fundamental component of speaking ability, as it enables speakers to convey meaning accurately, fluently, and effectively. Although the relationship between vocabulary and speaking has been investigated to some extent, gaps remain in understanding the link between learners’ vocabulary knowledge and their speaking proficiency,
Junyan Guo, Martin East
wiley   +1 more source

Automatic Bilingual Dictionary Construction for Tirukural

Applied Artificial Intelligence, 2018
The Tirukural is a classic Tamil Sangam literature authored by Thiruvalluvar. Tirukural comprises of 1130 kuratpas. It has been translated into 37 world languages. This necessitates the cross-lingual access of Tirukural on the World Wide Web for which a bilingual dictionary is the primary knowledge base (KB). This KB needs to be constructed.
C. N. Subalalitha 0001, E. Poovammal
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ELECTRONIC DICTIONARIES AND ESP STUDENTS [PDF]

This article presents the results of an experiment conducted on two distinct groups of students attending our ESP classes in the academic year 2009-2010.
Adriana Vintean, Ovidiu Matiu
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EFL Learners’ Receptive Vocabulary Size and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Estimates Across Levels

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) is widely used as a reference for language teaching and learning. However, providing vocabulary size (VS) estimates is beyond the CEFR's original aim. Previous research has also shown that learners’ receptive VS is related to overall proficiency and to the four language skills ...
Ferran Gesa
wiley   +1 more source

L2 Chinese Grammatical Acquisition and Processing: A Substantive and Methodological Review

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a systematic review of 92 empirical studies on Chinese as a second language (CSL) in grammatical processing and development, synthesizing their substantive foci and methodological characteristics. The results reveal consistent scholarly attention to cross‐linguistic topics, with less focus on features that are distinctively
Shaohua Fang, Yi Xu, Jiani He, Jia Wang
wiley   +1 more source

DIFFERENT TYPES OF DICTIONARIES AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE TASKS AND PRODUCTION OF TEXTS IN ENGLISH

Travessias, 2010
Our aim in this paper is to present the three main types of dictionaries used by the Brazilian learners of English and verify what kind of information is provided by these reference works to help the learners with text comprehension and production.
Isabel Cristina Tedesco Selistre, Félix Valentin Bugueño Miranda   +1 more
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Translation students' use of dictionaries: a Hong Kong case study for Chinese to English translation [PDF]

, 2009
The use of the dictionary and translation are both common language experiences. The dictionary is an indispensable tool to translating. Yet dictionary skills are grossly neglected in translator training, which assumes that students have acquired all the ...
Law, Wai-on
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