Date: 20/4/2021
Time: 18:00-19:30
This seminar is situated within the field of pedagogical lexicography. First, we will briefly consider the reasons for dictionary use, the innovative features of monolingual learners’ dictionaries, and the reference skills required for receptive and productive dictionary use. Then, we will outline the findings of a study that reviewed the dictionary-oriented materials included in the EFL coursebooks used in Greek state secondary education. The aim of the study was to determine whether, to what extent and what kind of dictionary skills can be developed through mainstream coursebooks. Finally, suggestions and examples will be offered as to how teaching materials can be modified or enriched with a view to developing learners’ dictionary-using competence in a more systematic way.
Instructor: Dr Thοmi Dalpanagioti (thomdalp@enl.auth.gr)
Thomi Dalpanagioti is a Laboratory Teaching Fellow at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She holds an MA in Lexicography (Theory and Practice) and a PhD in Linguistics-Lexicography from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has worked as an adjunct researcher at the Centre for the Greek Language and as an adjunct lecturer at the Hellenic Open University, Greece, and the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Her research interests are in the areas of cognitive semantics, lexicology, lexicography and vocabulary acquisition. Her work has been presented in international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.
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