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Dictionary use in foreign language writing exams : impact and implications /

This book provides an in-depth analysis of what happens when intermediate level learners of a foreign language use a bilingual dictionary when writing. Dictionaries are frequently promoted to people learning a foreign language. Nevertheless, teachers often talk about their students' inability t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: East, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Series:Language learning and language teaching ; v. 22.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dictionary Use in Foreign Language Writing Exams; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of key acronyms; 1. What is the problem with dictionaries?; 2. On dictionaries and writing; 3. Does the dictionary really make a difference?; 4. How do test takers use dictionaries?; 5. When the dictionary becomes a liability; 6. What do the test takers think of having a dictionary?; 7. Some more test taker perspectives; 8. Having a dictionary in writing exams
  • is it useful and is it fair?; 9. Maximizing the opportunity and minimizing the liability.