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The Bank of Terms of the Republic of Lithuania (LRTB)

Date of Publication

2018 ( renewed)

Target Group

Lecturers
Students

Domain Area

Accounting
Arts & Music
Bioscience
Business & Communication
Engineering
International Relations
Journalism & multimedia
Law
Medicine & Nursing
Sustainability
Tourism

Learning Scenario

Autonomous learning
Classroom Context

Target Language

English
Lithuanian

Language of Instruction

Lithuanian

CEFR level

C2

Type of Material

Reference resources (online Dictionaries/ grammar guides/phrasebooks)

Linguistic Features

Vocabulary

Skills

Speaking
Critical Thinking
Writing
Reading

Description

The Bank ( LRTB) offers 50 thematic glossaries of terms. At the moment the Bank contains 153 486 entries, with 16 940 of them approved, 235 375 standardized and 1171 not-standardized. The LRTB is regularly updated. The search tool works as follows: when you print in your target word or word combination, you get either its one-word ( with the indicated stress) equivalent or the term consisting of several words; also, you see the field of knowledge where the term is used, its definition, its equivalents in other languages and its origin. The provided information is trustworthy; it can be used by students and teachers, in writing and orally, in a wide range of professional contexts.

Case study

1). Students of various study programmes get tasks based on the use of the LRTB. They are asked to describe their speciality ( major subject) using 5-10 terms from the Bank. Coping with the task includes several steps: first they find the term and master its stress pattern in most risk-prone declension cases ( sg. Ins. and Loc. ; pl. Acc.) ; then they write its definition; comment on its composition and origin. Students see for themselves the applicability and benefits of the site; most probably they will use the resource in further studies and professional activities.
2) The students of English Philology ( specializing in translation) use the LRTB to find English equivalents for Lithuanian terms and vice versa; thus, they become aware of the precision and clarity in the translation of terms in contrast to the translation of other lexical units.
We hope all the pages of the LRTB site will be completed before long.

Guidelines

Encourage your students to use the LRTB site to verify the terms they need for producing or translating specific purpose texts in professional contexts; show them the advantage of knowing term equivalents in other languages.

Review

Category
Rate
Comprehensive approach
Capacity to match the needs of lecturers and students

4

Added value
The provided tangible improvements

4

Motivation enhancement
The capacity to motivate students to improve their language skills

3

Innovation
Effectiveness in introducing innovative, creative and previously unknown approaches to LSP learning

4

Transferability
Measurement of the transferable potential and possibility to be a source of further capitalisation/application for other language projects in different countries

3

Skills assessment and validation
Availability of appropriate tools for lecturers to monitor students’ progress and for students to assess own progress and to reflect on learning

4

Adaptability
Flexibility of the contents and possibilities for the LSP lecturers to adapt the contents to their and to students’ need

5

Usability
Assess the technical usability from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

5

Accessibility
Assess the accessibility from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

5

Comments:
The working language of the LRTB site is Lithuanian; therefore speakers of other languages may encounter problems while navigating and using the resource. The suggested term equivalents in several languages make the resource most valuable for both Lithuanian speakers and foreigners who specialize in a certain field of science. As the LRTB site has just been modernized; some information is still missing ( as in “About LRTB”). Not all of the terms approved by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language have been uploaded in the renewed site yet.
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