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Dictionaries Integrated into English Learning Apps: Critical Comments and Suggestions for Improvement
In: Lexikos; Vol. 31 (2021); 68-92 ; 2224-0039 (2021)
Abstract: Digital applications to assist language learning are becoming increasingly popular. They typically incorporate one or two dictionaries to improve the service so that users avoid leaving the app to consult external resources. This paper deals with the two dictionaries used in a learning app for Chinese learners of English. Initially, it describes the functioning of the app as well as the two dictionaries that have different roles in the app. It then focuses on the one that is integrated into the course texts and can be activated by clicking on a word or a multiword unit. A number of deficiencies are discussed such as inconsistent treatment of words and senses, data overload, difficult access, and inconvenient location of the pop-up window that displays the lexicographical items. These deficiencies may impact negatively on the learners' motivation and the learning process in general. The paper traces the problems to the database that sustains the dictionary as well as the design of the user interfaces that filter the data offered to the users. Finally, and inspired by the classical Chinese Xun Gu tradition, it suggests an alternative, context-adapted approach that breaks with traditional features of the dictionary article and reduces the content of the pop-up window to an absolute minimum. The idea is to avoid a consultation process that interrupts the learners' reading flow and focus on learning.
Keyword: context-awareness; embedded dictionaries; Engelse aanleerderstoepassings; English learning apps; era van mediakonvergensie; gebruikerskoppelvlakke; incidental and intentional learning; ingebedde woordeboeke; integrated dictionaries; konteksbewustheid; leksikografiese databasisse; lexicographical databases; media convergence age; opwipvensters; personalization; pop-up windows; toevallige en doelbewust; user interfaces; verpersoonliking; Xun Gu tradition; Xun Gu-tradisie
URL: https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1626
https://doi.org/10.5788/31-1-1626
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Towards Chinese Learner's Dictionaries for Foreigners Living in China: Some Problems Related to Lemma Selection
In: Lexikos; Vol. 28 (2018) ; 2224-0039 (2018)
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New Insights in the Design and Compilation of Digital Bilingual Lexicographical Products: The Case of the Diccionarios Valladolid-UVa
In: Lexikos; Vol. 28 (2018) ; 2224-0039 (2018)
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L2 Writing Assistants and Context-Aware Dictionaries: New Challenges to Lexicography
In: Lexikos; Vol. 27 (2017) ; 2224-0039 (2017)
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Advantages and Disadvantages in the Use of Internet as a Corpus: The Case of the Online Dictionaries of Spanish Valladolid-UVa
In: Lexikos; Vol. 26 (2016) ; 2224-0039 (2016)
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Reflections on the role and design of online dictionaries for specialised translation ; Reflexiones sobre el papel y diseño de los diccionarios de traducción especializada
Tarp, Sven. - : Universitat Jaume I, 2015. : Universitat de València, 2015. : Universitat d' Alacant, 2015
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Reflexiones sobre el papel y diseño de los diccionarios de traducción especializada ; Reflection on the role and design of specialised translation dictionaries
Tarp, Sven. - : Universitat Jaume I, 2015. : Universitat de València, 2015. : Universitat d' Alacant, 2015
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On the disciplinary and functional status of economic lexicography
In: Ibérica: Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos ( AELFE ), ISSN 1139-7241, Nº. 29, 2015, pags. 179-200 (2015)
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Reflections on the role and design of online dictionaries for specialised translation
Tarp, Sven. - : Universitat d'Alacant, 2014. : Universitat Jaume I, 2014. : Universitat de València, 2014
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Dictionaries in the Internet Era: Innovation or Business as Usual? (Enrique Alcaraz Memorial Lecture 2014)
Tarp, Sven. - : Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Inglesa, 2014
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Reflexiones sobre el papel y diseño de los diccionarios de traducción especializada ; Reflection on the role and design of specialised translation dictionaries
Tarp, Sven. - : Universitat d'Alacant, 2014. : Universitat Jaume I, 2014. : Universitat de València, 2014
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Reflexiones sobre el papel y diseño de los diccionarios de traducción especializada
In: MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación. 2014, 6: 63-89. doi:10.6035/MonTI.2014.6.2 (2014)
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Reflections on the role and design of online dictionaries for specialised translation
In: MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación. 2014, 6: 1trans-21trans. doi:10.6035/MonTI.2014.6.2 (2014)
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Retskrivningsordbog mellem to stole
In: Hermes. Journal of Language and Communication in Business 50 (2013), 127-144
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Cuban School Dictionaries for First-Language Learners: A Shared Experience
In: Lexikos; Vol. 23 (2013) ; 2224-0039 (2013)
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Old Wisdom: The Highly Relevant Lexicographical Knowledge Obtainable from a Specialized Dictionary from 1774
In: Lexikos; Vol. 23 (2013) ; 2224-0039 (2013)
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Do We Need a (New) Theory of Lexicography?
In: Lexikos; Vol. 22 (2012) ; 2224-0039 (2012)
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Specialised lexicography: 20 years in slow motion
In: Ibérica: Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos ( AELFE ), ISSN 1139-7241, Nº. 24, 2012, pags. 117-128 (2012)
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Basic Problems of Learner's Lexicography *
In: Lexikos; Vol. 14 (2004) ; 2224-0039 (2011)
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Reflections on the Academic Status of Lexicography
In: Lexikos; Vol. 20 (2010) ; 2224-0039 (2011)
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