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Frankenberg-Garcia, Ana – Language Teaching, 2020
The past decades have seen dramatic improvements to dictionary content and format. Yet dictionaries -- both paper-based and digital -- remain disappointingly underused. As a result, it is widely acknowledged that more needs to be done to train people in dictionary-consultation skills. Another solution would be to build lexicographic resources that…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, User Needs (Information), Lexicography, Writing (Composition)
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Frankenberg-Garcia, Ana; Lew, Robert; Roberts, Jonathan C.; Rees, Geraint Paul; Sharma, Nirwan – ReCALL, 2019
Corpora have given rise to a wide range of lexicographic resources aimed at helping novice users of academic English with their writing. This includes academic vocabulary lists, a variety of textbooks, and even a bespoke academic English dictionary. However, writers may not be familiar with these resources or may not be sufficiently aware of the…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English for Academic Purposes, Lexicography, Writing Instruction