词典插图与联想性学习

在一般词典中,插图主要是为了便于理解定义。学习词典配置了大量联想插图,不但有助于定义的理解,还可以发挥其它作用,其中之一就是便于联想性学习。联想性学习就是用联想的方法进行学习,包括接近性联想、类似性联想、对比性联想等。联想插图分为结构插图、场景插图和组合插图,它们可以体现不同的语义关系,可以促进联想性学习。

Pictorial Illustrations in Dictionaries and Associative Learning

In ordinary dictionaries,pictorial illustrations are mainly intended to the understanding of definitions. Learners＇ dictionaries incorporate in them many associative pictorial illustrations to fulfill other functions as well, one of which being facilitating associative learning. Associative learning is learning by means of association,which includes association by contiguity,association by similarity, and association by contrast. Associative illustrations fall into structural illustrations, scenic illustrations, and group illustrations,all of which representing different semantic relations but fulfilling the same function, i. e. to facilitate associative learning.