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- Title
Reading L2 Russian: The Challenges of the Russian-English Dictionary.
- Authors
Comer, William J.
- Abstract
This descriptive study examines when and how students use Russian-English dictionaries while reading informational texts in Russian and what success they have with word lookup. The study uses introspective verbal protocols (i.e., think-alouds) to follow how readers construct meaning from two texts while reading them for a limited time first without a dictionary and then with access to a paper bilingual dictionary. Quantitative and qualitative data about readers' language and dictionary skills are presented based on the readers' think-aloud protocols for the dictionary portion of the reading sessions. The data reveal patterns of dictionary usage and problems in finding words in the dictionary (alphabetic order, parsing, selecting correct headword, etc.). Implications for reading pedagogy are considered.
- Subjects
PROTOCOL analysis (Cognition); ENCYCLOPEDIA &; dictionary use studies; WORD recognition; WORD finding difficulties (Reading); POLYGLOT dictionaries; ENGLISH language dictionaries; RUSSIAN language; LANGUAGE &; languages -- Dictionaries
- Publication
Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2014, Vol 14, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1533-242X
- Publication type
Article