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Taljard, Elsabe (Elizabeth)
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dc.contributor.author |
Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-
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dc.contributor.author |
Fricke, Irene
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-06-20T10:29:04Z |
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dc.date.available |
2012-06-20T10:29:04Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2011 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This article reports on the results of a broad evaluation of the efficacy of the Multilingual Explanatory
Science Dictionary and Multilingual Explanatory Math Dictionary in a multilingual educational
environment. The aim of the investigation is to ascertain (a) whether the target users possess the necessary
dictionary using skills to make use of the dictionaries effectively, and (b) whether the benefit of exposure
to definitions of terms in the home language is significant in the decoding of the meaning of science
and mathematical terms. Data were collected by means of two questionnaires that were completed by
members of the intended target user group. Participants in the study revealed themselves inexperienced
and untrained dictionary users with rudimentary dictionary using skills. They were able to perform simple
look-up procedures but performed badly in cases where a more sophisticated approach is called for. |
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nf2012 |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.alasa.org.za/ |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Taljard, E, Prinsloo, DJ & Fricke, I 2011, 'The use of LSP dictionaries in secondary schools - a South African case study', South African Journal of African Languages, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 87-109. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0257-2117 (print) |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19216 |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.publisher |
African Language Association of Southern Africa |
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dc.rights |
African Language Association of Southern Africa |
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dc.subject |
LSP dictionaries |
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dc.subject |
Dictionary using skills |
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dc.subject |
Home language |
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dc.subject |
Decoding |
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dc.subject |
Multilingual Explanatory Math Dictionary |
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dc.subject |
Multilingual Explanatory Science Dictionary |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Lexicography -- South Africa |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- South Africa -- Use studies |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Multilingual education -- South Africa |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Dictionaries, Polyglot -- Use studies |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Education, Secondary -- Aims and objectives -- South Africa |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Terms and phrases -- South Africa -- Lexicography |
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dc.title |
Use of LSP dictionaries in secondary schools - a South African case study |
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dc.type |
Article |
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