Correct Hypotheses and Careful Reading Are Essential: Results of an Observational Study on Learners Using Online Language Resources
In the past two decades, more and more dictionary usage studies have been published, but most of them deal with questions related to what users appreciate about dictionaries, which dictionaries they use and what type of information they need in specific situations — presupposing that users actually...
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| author | Carolin Müller-Spitzer Martina Nied Curcio María José Domínguez Vázquez Idalete Maria Silva Dias Sascha Wolfer |
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| description | In the past two decades, more and more dictionary usage studies have been published, but most of them deal with questions related to what users appreciate about dictionaries, which dictionaries they use and what type of information they need in specific situations — presupposing that users actually consult lexicographic resources. However, language teachers and lecturers in linguistics often have the impression that students do not use enough high-quality dictionaries in their everyday work. With this in mind, we launched an international cooperation project to collect empirical data to evaluate what it is that students actually do while attempting to solve language problems. To this end, we applied a new methodological setting: screen recording in conjunction with a thinking-aloud task. The collected empirical data offers a broad insight into what users really do while they attempt to solve language-related tasks online. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8045b678eda649119694bc12e6328aeb2022-12-22T02:54:08ZafrWoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WATLexikos1684-49042224-00392018-12-012810.5788/28-1-1466Correct Hypotheses and Careful Reading Are Essential: Results of an Observational Study on Learners Using Online Language ResourcesCarolin Müller-Spitzer0Martina Nied Curcio1María José Domínguez Vázquez2Idalete Maria Silva Dias3Sascha Wolfer4Institut für Deutsche SpracheUniversità degli Studi Roma TreUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaUniversidade do Minho BragaInstitut für Deutsche SpracheIn the past two decades, more and more dictionary usage studies have been published, but most of them deal with questions related to what users appreciate about dictionaries, which dictionaries they use and what type of information they need in specific situations — presupposing that users actually consult lexicographic resources. However, language teachers and lecturers in linguistics often have the impression that students do not use enough high-quality dictionaries in their everyday work. With this in mind, we launched an international cooperation project to collect empirical data to evaluate what it is that students actually do while attempting to solve language problems. To this end, we applied a new methodological setting: screen recording in conjunction with a thinking-aloud task. The collected empirical data offers a broad insight into what users really do while they attempt to solve language-related tasks online.https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1466dictionary useobservational studylanguage learnersonline resourcessearch strategiesonline dictionariesautomatic translators |
| spellingShingle | Carolin Müller-Spitzer Martina Nied Curcio María José Domínguez Vázquez Idalete Maria Silva Dias Sascha Wolfer Correct Hypotheses and Careful Reading Are Essential: Results of an Observational Study on Learners Using Online Language Resources Lexikos dictionary use observational study language learners online resources search strategies online dictionaries automatic translators |
| title | Correct Hypotheses and Careful Reading Are Essential: Results of an Observational Study on Learners Using Online Language Resources |
| title_full | Correct Hypotheses and Careful Reading Are Essential: Results of an Observational Study on Learners Using Online Language Resources |
| title_fullStr | Correct Hypotheses and Careful Reading Are Essential: Results of an Observational Study on Learners Using Online Language Resources |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correct Hypotheses and Careful Reading Are Essential: Results of an Observational Study on Learners Using Online Language Resources |
| title_short | Correct Hypotheses and Careful Reading Are Essential: Results of an Observational Study on Learners Using Online Language Resources |
| title_sort | correct hypotheses and careful reading are essential results of an observational study on learners using online language resources |
| topic | dictionary use observational study language learners online resources search strategies online dictionaries automatic translators |
| url | https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1466 |
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