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An analytical study of characteristics, which should be included in an ideal Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionary

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dc.contributor.author Lansakara, R.N.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-23T05:41:39Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-23T05:41:39Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Lansakara, R.N. 2016. An analytical study of characteristics, which should be included in an ideal Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionary. In proceedings of the 17th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2016, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 101. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/16002
dc.description.abstract This paper will explore problematic areas of Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionaries, which have been launched to assist online Hindi learners through advanced means and ways. Since the teacher is not always an option or a well-chosen dictionary, the dictionary has been played a vital role in language learning and teaching for decades. As we are engaging in the process of language learning and teaching with plenty of complex necessities, it is difficult to carry traditional paper dictionaries with us all the time. Thus electronic dictionaries, unlike traditional papers, have been opened-up interesting and advanced methodologies with regard to vocabulary acquisition. Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionaries present distinct ways as well as developed new ways of defining words and providing introduction of words and phrases. Most of students, who learn Hindi as a foreign language, often have difficulties in finding the correct meaning for unfamiliar words or phrases in their dictionaries. So an effective Hindi Online Learner’s Dictionary should be included these characteristics - to make it easier for learners to identify and recognize the words' meanings; the language described is the usual, everyday variety preference is given to the quality of the treatment of words rather than to the quantity of words particular care is taken in the treatment of the more frequent words; the provision of information on the Grammar of words; the learner's dictionary should supply information about the contexts and environments in which words tend to appear most regularly. They give an account of what is typical, rather than describing what is simply possible; pronunciation is indicated by means of the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet); Pictorial representation of words; Culture and domain-specific words, inflected forms and discourse markers; requires knowledge of the conventional contexts and collocations surrounding a word. This paper makes an attempt to point-out the importance of using an Online Hindi learner’s Dictionaries for foreign students. Moreover, it will also give a possible idea about developing an ideal model of Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionary. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Hindi en_US
dc.subject Learning en_US
dc.subject Teaching en_US
dc.subject Online Dictionary en_US
dc.subject Vocabulary en_US
dc.title An analytical study of characteristics, which should be included in an ideal Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionary en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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