A study of the use of the HAT Afrikaanse skoolwoordeboek by primary school children

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dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Michele F.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-29T11:57:33Z
dc.date.available2016-07-29T11:57:33Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionCITATION: Van Der Merwe, M. F. 2012. A study of the use of the HAT Afrikaanse skoolwoordeboek by primary school children. Lexikos, 22:352-366, doi:10.5788/22-1-1012.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://lexikos.journals.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractA research project on the use of the HAT Afrikaanse Skoolwoordeboek by primary school learners is described. (In South Africa the term learner is used to describe a pupil at school). Studies on the way in which learners use dictionaries provide valuable information for both lexicographers and language teachers. The assessment of users' skills regarding the use of the HAT Afrikaanse Skoolwoordeboek was made in the learners' home language. In order to design a test to assess dictionary skills regarding the language learning outcomes of Grade 4 learners, the language learning assessment outcomes in the Grade 4 Afrikaans home language curriculum had to be unwrapped. The process was undertaken in cooperation with Grade 4 teachers to ensure that a realistic assessment of dictionary skills was made and an assessment of dictionary skills of 200 learners ensued. The assessments were marked, marks were calculated and results were analysed. Teachers were trained in teaching dictionary learning strategies and language skills. Learners then received training from their teachers to extract semantic information from a dictionary, as this proved to be the most difficult skill to master, according to the results of the assessment.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1012
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent15 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Der Merwe, M. F. 2012. A study of the use of the HAT Afrikaanse skoolwoordeboek by primary school children. Lexikos, 22:352-366, doi:10.5788/22-1-1012en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2224-0039 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1684-4904 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5788/22-1-1012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/99281
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherBuro van die WATaf_ZA
dc.rights.holderBureau of the WATen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrikaans language -- Dictionariesen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrikaans language -- Usage -- Dictionariesen_ZA
dc.subjectHAT : verklarende handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse taal.en_ZA
dc.titleA study of the use of the HAT Afrikaanse skoolwoordeboek by primary school childrenen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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