Fostering Learners' Online Dictionary Skills through Active Dictionary Rubrics

  • Mari Carmen Campoy-Cubillo Department of English Studies, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain

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This article aims to explore new ways to improve dictionary skills for language learners by promoting the use of active dictionary rubrics. It also tries to get a deeper understanding on how students perceive dictionaries before and after this type of training in dictionary use. To this end, a total of 75 students participated in the study and answered a questionnaire on dictionary use previous to the experiment. A second questionnaire was delivered after the instruction period to compare the users' perception of dictionary affordances. A mixed-method approach is used to collect quantitative and qualitative data via both questionnaires. This study reports on students' dictionary content awareness and how this awareness may increase by creating a habit in dictionary use routines.
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2021-11-12
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Campoy-Cubillo, M. C. (2021). Fostering Learners’ Online Dictionary Skills through Active Dictionary Rubrics. Lexikos, 31(1), 487-510. https://doi.org/10.5788/31-1-1663
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