The making of my first Van Dale: a pre-school dictionary
- Autores: Marja Verburg
- Localización: Atti del XII Congresso Internazionale di Lessicografia: Torino, 6-9 settembre 2006 / Elisa Corino (ed. lit.), Carla Marello (ed. lit.), Cristina Onesti (ed. lit.), Vol. 1, 2006, ISBN 88-7694-918-6, págs. 357-362
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
In May 2005, the Dutch firm Van Dale published a remarkable dictionary: Mijn eerste Van Dale ('My First Van Dale'), intended for pre-school children aged 2 and above. The target group: children who arejust beginning to talk and who can focus on pictures. The purpose: to encourage language development in an entertaining manner. The resource: a scientific list of the first 1000 words learnt by children, each word being illustrated and used in a rhyming verse of two to four lines. The principle: verses, sounds, rhyme and metre are attractive to children and help them to retain new ideas. The verses and pictures also encourage discussion and interaction. The result: a book that - given the sales, responses and follow-up products - clearly fills a void. The conclusion: it is useful to offer a serious vocabulary as part of pre-school education, in the form of verses combined with illustrations.
