Elaboration of an entry prototype for an ELE learning dictionary

Abstract

The present work is the result of the recognition of the importance of studies and research in the scope of Terminology and Lexicography as a theoretical contribution to education, especially regarding the teaching of a foreign language (hereinafter LE) in the Tourism course. It aims to analyze terms in the area of tourism in the Señas Learning Dictionary (2002) to find out if there is encyclopedic and cultural information, in order to develop a prototype of a lexicographic microstructure with these lected terms, including the aforementioned information. To carry out the study, we followed the following methodological steps: I) collection of tourism texts in Spanish and Portuguese; II) selection of tourism terms in the heritage and gastronomy sub-areas; III) confirmation of the presence of the selected terms in the Señas dictionary (2002); IV) lexicographical analysis of selected entries; V) organization of the microstructure model of the ELE learning dictionary for Brazilian students of ELE in tourism. From this analysis, we found that the entries analyzed in the Señas Dictionary (2002) and, more specifically, the definitions and usage examples of the 4 (four) terms selected from the subareas of heritage and gastronomy, still lack encyclopedic and cultural information, either in its definitions or in its usage examples.