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Dictionaries Integrated into English Learning Apps: Critical Comments and Suggestions for Improvement
In: Lexikos, Vol 31, Pp 68-92 (2021) (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: Africa; context-awareness; embedded dictionaries; english learning apps; Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages; incidental and intentional learning; integrated dictionaries; Languages and literature of Eastern Asia; lexicographical databases; media convergence age; Oceania; P1-1091; PD1-7159; personalization; Philology. Linguistics; PL1-8844; pop-up windows; user interfaces; xun gu tradition
URL: https://doi.org/10.5788/31-1-1626
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Reference Skills or Human-Centered Design: Towards a New Lexicographical Culture
In: Lexikos, Vol 30, Pp 470-498 (2020) (2020)
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Connecting the Dots: Tradition and Disruption in Lexicography
In: Lexikos, Vol 29, Pp 224-249 (2019) (2019)
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Lexicographical Contextualization and Personalization: A New Perspective
In: Lexikos, Vol 29, Pp 250-268 (2019) (2019)
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Towards Chinese Learner's Dictionaries for Foreigners Living in China: Some Problems Related to Lemma Selection
In: Lexikos, Vol 28, Pp 384-404 (2018) (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, Pp 152-176 (2018) (2018)
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L2 Writing Assistants and Context-Aware Dictionaries: New Challenges to Lexicography
In: Lexikos, Vol 27, Pp 494-521 (2017) (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, Pp 273-295 (2016) (2016)
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Preparing an Online Dictionary of Business Communication: From Idea to Design
In: Lexikos, Vol 25, Pp 403-423 (2015) (2015)
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Cuban School Dictionaries for First-Language Learners: A Shared Experience
In: Lexikos, Vol 23, Pp 414-425 (2013) (2013)
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Old Wisdom: The Highly Relevant Lexicographical Knowledge Obtainable from a Specialized Dictionary from 1774
In: Lexikos, Vol 23, Pp 394-413 (2013) (2013)
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Lexicography and the Relevance Criterion
In: Lexikos, Vol 22, Pp 86-108 (2012) (2012)
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School Dictionaries for First-Language Learners
In: Lexikos, Vol 22, Pp 333-351 (2012) (2012)
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Do We Need a (New) Theory of Lexicography?
In: Lexikos, Vol 22, Pp 321-332 (2012) (2012)
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A Lexicographic Approach to Language Policy and Recommendations for Future Dictionaries
In: Lexikos, Vol 18 (2011) (2011)
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H.A. Welker and Pedagogical Lexicography
In: Lexikos, Vol 20, Iss 0 (2011) (2011)
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Skoolwoordeboeke vir huistaalleerders van Afrikaans
In: Lexikos, Vol 20, Iss 0 (2011) (2011)
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Reflections on Lexicographical User Research
In: Lexikos, Vol 19 (2011) (2011)
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Theoretical Challenges to Practical Specialised Lexicography
In: Lexikos, Vol 10 (2011) (2011)
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Reflections on Dictionaries Designed to Assist Users with Text Production in a Foreign Language*
In: Lexikos, Vol 14 (2011) (2011)
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