Improving Dictionary Skills in Ndebele

<p>Abstract: This article proposes ways of improving dictionary skills amongst the Ndebele. Oneway of accomplishing this is incorporating the teaching of dictionary skills into teacher trainingsyllabi. Teachers can impart their knowledge to students and a dictionary culture can develop...

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Main Author: Samukele Hadebe
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2011-10-01
Series:Lexikos
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Online Access:http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/684
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spelling doaj-a08245f5077e45e29391da368da5e6782020-11-25T01:05:55ZafrWoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WATLexikos1684-49042224-00392011-10-011410.5788/14--684Improving Dictionary Skills in NdebeleSamukele Hadebe<p>Abstract: This article proposes ways of improving dictionary skills amongst the Ndebele. Oneway of accomplishing this is incorporating the teaching of dictionary skills into teacher trainingsyllabi. Teachers can impart their knowledge to students and a dictionary culture can develop forenhancing effective use of current dictionaries and helping in the compilation of future ones. Ingeneral lexicographers are aiming at producing dictionaries that are 'user-friendly', that is, accessibleto their users. Current and future Ndebele dictionaries are likely to remain underutilised unlessusers develop requisite skills for dictionary use. This article outlines some aspects of dictionarystudies that could be incorporated in the training syllabi for potential Ndebele language teachers.Anticipated problems of implementation and possible solutions to these problems are also discussed.</p><p>Keywords: DICTIONARY, DICTIONARY CULTURE, DICTIONARY SKILLS, REFERENCENEEDS, REFERENCE SKILLS, USERS, USER-FRIENDLY, NDEBELE, LEXICOGRAPHY, CHANGEOF ATTITUDE</p><p>Opsomming: Verbetering van woordeboekvaardighede in Ndebele. Hierdieartikel stel maniere voor vir die verbetering van woordeboekvaardighede onder die Ndebeles. Eenmanier om dit te bewerkstellig is om die onderrig van woordeboekvaardighede in die opleidingsillabussevir onderwysrs in te sluit. Onderwysers kan hul kennis aan studente oordra, en 'n woordeboekkultuurkan ontwikkel om die doeltreffende gebruik van huidige woordeboeke te verbeter enby die samestelling van toekomstiges te help. In die algemeen streef leksikograwe daarna omwoordeboeke te lewer wat "gebruikersvriendelik", d.w.s., toeganklik vir hul gebruikers is. Huidigeen toekomstige Ndebelewoordeboeke sal waarskynlik onderbenut bly mits gebruikers die nodigevaardighede vir woordeboekgebruik ontwikkel. Hierdie artikel skets 'n aantal aspekte van woordeboekstudiewat in die opleidingsillabusse vir toekomstige Ndebeletaalonderwysers ingesluit kanword. Verwagte probleme by die instelling en moontlike oplossings vir hierdie probleme word ookbespreek.</p><p>Sleutelwoorde: WOORDEBOEK, WOORDEBOEKKULTUUR, WOORDEBOEKVAARDIGHEDE,NASLAANBEHOEFTES, NASLAANVAARDIGHEDE, GEBRUIKERS, GEBRUIKERSVRIENDELIK,NDEBELE, LEKSIKOGRAFIE, VERANDERING VAN HOUDING</p>http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/684dictionarydictionary culturedictionary skillsreference needsreference skillsusersuser-friendlyndebelelexicographychange of attitude
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Improving Dictionary Skills in Ndebele
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dictionary
dictionary culture
dictionary skills
reference needs
reference skills
users
user-friendly
ndebele
lexicography
change of attitude
author_facet Samukele Hadebe
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title Improving Dictionary Skills in Ndebele
title_short Improving Dictionary Skills in Ndebele
title_full Improving Dictionary Skills in Ndebele
title_fullStr Improving Dictionary Skills in Ndebele
title_full_unstemmed Improving Dictionary Skills in Ndebele
title_sort improving dictionary skills in ndebele
publisher Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT
series Lexikos
issn 1684-4904
2224-0039
publishDate 2011-10-01
description <p>Abstract: This article proposes ways of improving dictionary skills amongst the Ndebele. Oneway of accomplishing this is incorporating the teaching of dictionary skills into teacher trainingsyllabi. Teachers can impart their knowledge to students and a dictionary culture can develop forenhancing effective use of current dictionaries and helping in the compilation of future ones. Ingeneral lexicographers are aiming at producing dictionaries that are 'user-friendly', that is, accessibleto their users. Current and future Ndebele dictionaries are likely to remain underutilised unlessusers develop requisite skills for dictionary use. This article outlines some aspects of dictionarystudies that could be incorporated in the training syllabi for potential Ndebele language teachers.Anticipated problems of implementation and possible solutions to these problems are also discussed.</p><p>Keywords: DICTIONARY, DICTIONARY CULTURE, DICTIONARY SKILLS, REFERENCENEEDS, REFERENCE SKILLS, USERS, USER-FRIENDLY, NDEBELE, LEXICOGRAPHY, CHANGEOF ATTITUDE</p><p>Opsomming: Verbetering van woordeboekvaardighede in Ndebele. Hierdieartikel stel maniere voor vir die verbetering van woordeboekvaardighede onder die Ndebeles. Eenmanier om dit te bewerkstellig is om die onderrig van woordeboekvaardighede in die opleidingsillabussevir onderwysrs in te sluit. Onderwysers kan hul kennis aan studente oordra, en 'n woordeboekkultuurkan ontwikkel om die doeltreffende gebruik van huidige woordeboeke te verbeter enby die samestelling van toekomstiges te help. In die algemeen streef leksikograwe daarna omwoordeboeke te lewer wat "gebruikersvriendelik", d.w.s., toeganklik vir hul gebruikers is. Huidigeen toekomstige Ndebelewoordeboeke sal waarskynlik onderbenut bly mits gebruikers die nodigevaardighede vir woordeboekgebruik ontwikkel. Hierdie artikel skets 'n aantal aspekte van woordeboekstudiewat in die opleidingsillabusse vir toekomstige Ndebeletaalonderwysers ingesluit kanword. Verwagte probleme by die instelling en moontlike oplossings vir hierdie probleme word ookbespreek.</p><p>Sleutelwoorde: WOORDEBOEK, WOORDEBOEKKULTUUR, WOORDEBOEKVAARDIGHEDE,NASLAANBEHOEFTES, NASLAANVAARDIGHEDE, GEBRUIKERS, GEBRUIKERSVRIENDELIK,NDEBELE, LEKSIKOGRAFIE, VERANDERING VAN HOUDING</p>
topic dictionary
dictionary culture
dictionary skills
reference needs
reference skills
users
user-friendly
ndebele
lexicography
change of attitude
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