Corpus-based digital dictionary construction for ESP.

By Julio PalmaUniversidad del Zulia

Núcleo Costa Oriental del Lago (Cabimas)

Overview

• Learning Objective

• Steps for making a dictionary

• Strategies for learning specialized words.

• Q&A

Learning Objective

By the end of the lesson students will be able to design a dictionary entry considering all the elements of a dictionary format.

Class description

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Learners: University studentsModality: Hybrid or Blended LearningEnglish level: low IntermediateLanguage skills: Reading and writingEquipment: Computers with internet, Sketch engine software (teacher), Google+Duration: 2 weeks.

Steps for making a dictionary

Part 1: Preparation of material by the teacher

http://www.sketchengine.co.uk/

Create a specialized corpus

• What is a corpus? A corpus is any body of text collected with the aim of analyzing its features.

(Landau, 2002:273)

Word Sketch for Waste

Word Sketch for Waste

Solid wasteHazardous wasteIndustrial waste

Waste incineratorWaste disposalWaste pond

Part 3: Teacher creates an e-booklet for guidance and word list creation.

This booklet is delivered online to students

What is in a dictionary layout?

Word entry in English

Translation into Spanish

Definition of the word in English (Source should be credited via link or reference)

Example sentence( A sentence where the entry is used in context)

Part of the Speech tag

Associated word Picture

Strategies for learning new words

Slides are shown in

the classroom

Words are taken

from the booklet

Strategies for learning new words

Words are taken

from the booklet

Students make presentations

using a dictionary

format

Presentations are published

in the class website

Suitable for other careers vocabulary

Other possible strategies / ideas

Word maps

ThemeVocabulary

Semantic fields

Writing on topics

What remains to be done?

Rubric integration

Peer-Evaluation

Word Networking

Explore other term extractors

More than 50 tools to explore!

http://recremisi.blogspot.com/

Thank you!Q & A