Principles of Pedagogical Lexicography in the Primary Educational System: Teaching Dictionary Skills and Strategies to Primary School Students

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Pages: 69-82
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/PLCD9422

Abstract:

According to the conclusions of certain theoretical studies and empirical research of educational lexicography, not only of the Greek but also of the international literature, dictionaries are considered to be a valuable tool and a necessary guide throughout the receptive and productive language process, with undeniable pedagogical, linguistic and educational values. The goal of this paper is to present, firstly, at a theoretical level, the design principles, the compilation methodology and the basic structural features of an educational dictionary in primary education. Therefore, a typology of children/school dictionaries concerning the explanations, the examples, the headwords, the meta-language, the etymology, the grammar and syntax information, the illustration etc. is presented, in order to contribute to the teaching of certain linguistic expressions to primary school students. Secondly, the main reasons for using a pedagogical/educational dictionary as a vocabulary learning strategy by the students/ learners of a language as a mother tongue or as a second/ foreign language (L2/ FL) are investigated. Consequently, not only should the educational systems adopt methods and techniques for the cultivation of strategic uses of the dictionary, but also we have to educate students on how to use dictionaries in an effective way through activities and special exercises relevant to their use.

Keywords:

lexicography, microstructure macrostructure, megastructure, learning strategies

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