The Effectiveness of Using a Bilingualized Dictionary for Determining Noun Countability and Article Selection

The Effectiveness of Using a Bilingualized Dictionary for Determining Noun Countability and Article Selection

This article discusses the use of a bilingualized dictionary, namely Oxford Advanced Learner's English–Chinese Dictionary 8 (OALECD8), by advanced Hong Kong Cantonese ESL learners in the determination of noun countability and associated article use. A homogenous group of 30 English majors in...

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Main Author:	Alice Yin Wa Chan
Format:	Article
Language:	Afrikaans
Published:	Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2017-11-01
Series:	Lexikos
Subjects:	english noun countability english article system article selection bilingualized dictionaries learners' dictionaries cantonese esl learners second language acquisition effectiveness of dictionaries
Online Access:	https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1399

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