WEEKS 1-6 Group A prepare their dictionary Group B (control group) WEEKS 1-6 Group A prepare their dictionary Group B (control group) WEEK 6 Vocabulary Test 1: ALL students WEEK 6 Vocabulary Test 1: ALL students WEEKS 7-12 Group B prepare their dictionary Group A (control group) WEEKS 7-12 Group B prepare their dictionary Group A (control group) WEEK 12 Vocabulary Test 2: ALL students WEEK 12 Vocabulary Test 2: ALL students 30 PARTICIPANTS Business Spanish 1, Undergraduate (2 nd year) 30 PARTICIPANTS Business Spanish 1, Undergraduate (2 nd year) WRITING A SPANISH DICTIONARY AS A COLLABORATIVE TASK AMONG BEGINNER STUDENTS

NEGOCIO EnglishBusiness GrammarEL negocio (masculine noun) Example Tengo un negocio de compraventa de coches. Muchos países hacen negocios con China en estos momentos. Synonym Antonym Other information (register, image, related words, etc.) EL comercio: trade LA empresa: company LA comida de negocios: business lunch EL hombre de negocios/LA mujer de negocios: businessman/woman (Ciencias) Empresariales: Business Studies

Has this task improved students’ vocabulary acquisition? ► Yes, it has for high percentage of students (73%) (although with irregular mark increases) ► It has also improved both receptive and productive vocabulary

Has this task had any impact on the students’ approach to vocabulary learning? Do they think they task was useful? ► Most students (93%) intend to devote more time to vocabulary learning/think they benefited from working in a group ► All students think task was useful More people meant more words and definitions. Provides a better range of vocabulary. It made me do it. More motivation.

Have students enjoyed this task? Do they think it should be introduced in their course? ► Most students (93%) enjoyed the task/would like to have this task in their course Yes, a different way of learning new words. Good for revision at the end of year and encourages learning throughout. Interesting way of learning, unusual.

N. López: “A case study: writing a Spanish dictionary as a collaborative task among beginner students”, The Language Learning Journal, October And the project continues... Follow-up activities to consolidate vocabulary introduced in the dictionary Dictionary organised following the textbook units Dictionary organised through a wiki (BB)