5. The Effect of Long-term Dictionary Use on Reading Comprehension

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1: Research on Dictionary Use: State of the Art
6. 1. User-oriented Dictionary Research: a Brief History 7
7. 2. Research on Dictionary Use in Language Learning 15
8. 3. Needs and Skills Analysis of L2 Dictionary Users 37
9. 4. Research on Dictionary Use: Methodological Considerations 59
10. Part 2: Empirical Studies
11. 5. The Effect of Long-term Dictionary Use on Reading Comprehension 75
12. 6. How to Assess Dictionary Using Skills for Language Learning 84
13. 7. A Good Dictionary User: What Makes the Difference? 97
14. 8. Macrostructure Skills: Idiom Look-up Operations 116
15. 9. Microstructure Skills: Process of Dictionary Look-up in L2/L1 Translation 143
16. 10. Microstructure Skills: the Effect of Menu on the Look-up Process 167
17. 11. Macrostructure Revisited: the Effect of Signposts/ Guidewords 174
18. 12. Using Learners’ Error Information for L2 Lexicography 189
19. 13. L2 Learner Corpora for Pedagogical Dictionaries: The Case of Make 203
20. Conclusion 215
21. Appendices 218
22. Bibliography 249