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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2008.
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| 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.