ERIC Number: EJ1172939
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Development of Foreign Language Lexical Competence on the Basis of a Learner's Terminological Thesaurus and Dictionary
Chainikova, Galina R.; Zatonskiy, Andrey V.; Mitiukov, Nicholas W.; Busygina, Helena L.
European Journal of Contemporary Education, v7 n1 p51-59 2018
The article suggests a method of foreign language lexical competence development on the basis of a Learner's terminological thesaurus and dictionary of software terms which includes four main components: classification part demonstrating the inner logic of the subject area, glossary with definitions of key terms, thesaurus demonstrating logical and associative relations of the key terms, and bilingual alphabetical dictionary. The thesaurus and dictionary has an extended context part supplemented with an encyclopedic part on the main topics of the thesaurus. The stages of the development and the structure of the Thesaurus and dictionary are described. Pedagogical experiment was conducted and proved high efficiency of the method proposed.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Dictionaries, Reference Materials, Computer Software, Bilingualism, Teaching Methods, Russian, English (Second Language), Electronic Publishing, Word Lists, Computer Science Education, College Students, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary, Lexicography, Pretests Posttests, Majors (Students), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis, Efficiency, Skill Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Russia
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