A Design for the Learners English-Chinese Dictionary.doc

A Design for the Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary The Learner’s English-Chinese dictionary is specially designed and compiled for the non-English speakers, especially for Chinese college students. Its basic function is to meet the actual needs of its users, helping them master English and pass some English tests. It takes the user-oriented designing concept and has many advantages over other dictionaries of the same kind. Based on the analysis and research of present dictionaries and their users, the Learner’s English-Chinese dictionary makes some improvements in many aspects. Its special features are as follows: 1. The overall design and component parts of this dictionary aim at helping learners better use English and bridge the culture gap between Chinese and English. Also, considering the actual needs of Chinese college students both coding and decoding, it includes testing vocabulary of different kinds of tests besides the most frequently used vocabulary, 1million or so. 2. There are lots of graphs and diagrams in this dictionary which impress users most and offer vivid explanations. Color has been used to help the entries stand out on a page, and enable users to find what they are looking for more quickly and easily. 3. There are also a number of usage notes throughout the dictionary which supplement the information already provided in the dictionary entries. In many cases, those help to clarify the differences that exist between some items. These study pages are designed to help users to get the most of this dictionary and each feature of the dictionary is described and explained. There are exercises to help users develop their dictionary skills effectively. In order to give users useful culture and other practical information, this dictionary also designs reference pages at the end of the dictionary. 4. The Learner’s English-Chinese dictionary has designed a very simple code system, such as historical codes, regional or geographical codes, technical code