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In view of the benefits of both monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, a new type of dictionary which combines the strong points of a monolingual learner's dictionary with those of a bilingual dictionary was designed and introduced into some Catalan primary and secondary schools: the Easy English Dictionary with a Catalan–English Vocabulary. This...
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... this type of dictionary, translations do not immediately fol- low the monolingual L2 part; rather, they are deferred to the second part of the dictionary. Figure 9 illustrates this. (1) In Figure 9, it will be noted that in the monolingual English dictionary at the very end of each entry (or subentry) there is a small number (or a series of numbers) which directs the user towards the Catalan translation of the English word. ...
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... 9 illustrates this. (1) In Figure 9, it will be noted that in the monolingual English dictionary at the very end of each entry (or subentry) there is a small number (or a series of numbers) which directs the user towards the Catalan translation of the English word. Thus, in the case where users do not understand the meaning of 'timeta- ble', they can resort to the number 2892 in order to find out, in the second part of the dictionary, its corresponding Catalan translation: horari. ...
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... can be observed, the advantage of immediate bilingualised dictionaries is that users find the translation directly after the definition (in this case, horario is the translation of 'timetable'). An objection, though, can be made to this type of dictionary: 'Do the users really read the L2 text?' (Nakamoto 1995: section 5). In other words: do users go straight to the translation, dismissing the L2 part? Two studies point in this direction. The first study is by Laufer and Kimmel (1997: 367): they find that in immediate bilingualised dictionaries the highest percentage (31%) of (immediate) bilingualised dictionary users read only the L1 text, while 27% of users read only the monolingual L2 part. The second study is by Thumb (2004: 91): she discovers that 39% of users read only the L1 translation, thus skipping the monolingual L2 part. In order to overcome the practice that users skip the monolingual L2 part in immediate bilingualised dictionaries, the deferred bilingualised dictionary was conceived. In this type of dictionary, translations do not immediately fol- low the monolingual L2 part; rather, they are deferred to the second part of the dictionary. Figure 9 illustrates this. In Figure 9, it will be noted that in the monolingual English dictionary at the very end of each entry (or subentry) there is a small number (or a series of numbers) which directs the user towards the Catalan translation of the English word. Thus, in the case where users do not understand the meaning of 'timeta- ble', they can resort to the number 2892 in order to find out, in the second part of the dictionary, its corresponding Catalan translation: horari . The interrela- tion, by means of numbers, between the monolingual English part of the dic- tionary and the Catalan translations makes up the bilingual English–Catalan dictionary, which in turn acts as a bilingual Catalan–English ...
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... can be observed, the advantage of immediate bilingualised dictionaries is that users find the translation directly after the definition (in this case, horario is the translation of 'timetable'). An objection, though, can be made to this type of dictionary: 'Do the users really read the L2 text?' (Nakamoto 1995: section 5). In other words: do users go straight to the translation, dismissing the L2 part? Two studies point in this direction. The first study is by Laufer and Kimmel (1997: 367): they find that in immediate bilingualised dictionaries the highest percentage (31%) of (immediate) bilingualised dictionary users read only the L1 text, while 27% of users read only the monolingual L2 part. The second study is by Thumb (2004: 91): she discovers that 39% of users read only the L1 translation, thus skipping the monolingual L2 part. In order to overcome the practice that users skip the monolingual L2 part in immediate bilingualised dictionaries, the deferred bilingualised dictionary was conceived. In this type of dictionary, translations do not immediately fol- low the monolingual L2 part; rather, they are deferred to the second part of the dictionary. Figure 9 illustrates this. In Figure 9, it will be noted that in the monolingual English dictionary at the very end of each entry (or subentry) there is a small number (or a series of numbers) which directs the user towards the Catalan translation of the English word. Thus, in the case where users do not understand the meaning of 'timeta- ble', they can resort to the number 2892 in order to find out, in the second part of the dictionary, its corresponding Catalan translation: horari . The interrela- tion, by means of numbers, between the monolingual English part of the dic- tionary and the Catalan translations makes up the bilingual English–Catalan dictionary, which in turn acts as a bilingual Catalan–English ...
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