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Vocabulary Learning from Dictionary Reference in Collaborative EFL Translational Writing
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Bruton, Anthony – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2007
This study was conducted in the FL English class of a typical Spanish secondary school. The students translated a short L1 Spanish text into FL English orally as a class, with accompanying dictionary glosses, before writing it down individually. This collaborative translation was supported by the teacher, and any lexical items that were not known…
Descriptors: Translation, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)