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Xavier Blanco (UAB) Presents Innovative Lexicon at JILC24 Conference
Xavier Blanco (UAB) has presented a paper entitled “Basic Dictionary of Spanish for the iREad4Skills Project” at the Jornadas Internacionales Complutenses de Lexicografía: diccionarios y didáctica (Facultad de Filología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 21 and 22 October 2024).
On the one hand, this dictionary serves as the basis for a model for analysing textual complexity (developed using natural language processing techniques and, at the same time, with the active cooperation of its end users, both teachers and students). On the other hand, it constitutes the starting point for the introduction of a set of metalinguistic notions aimed at reinforcing teacher training with a view to teaching vocabulary.
This is a brand new lexicon for levels A1, A2 and B1 of Spanish (Common European Framework of Reference). The dictionary has been conceived as a dynamic resource to improve the learner’s linguistic skills, which also implies the transmission of a certain metalinguistic training.