Lexicographic description of the «Brief dictionary of IT terms for language education specialists»

Abstract

The article is devoted to the characteristics of a short dictionary of IT terms for specialists in language education. The article analyzes the peculiarities of lexicographic definition, and focuses on the difficulties and problems associated with the description of new terminological concepts and definitions that arise in the development of information and communication technologies and their active implementation in language education. The principles of term selection, various ways of semantics and translation are considered. The structure of the dictionary, features of dictionary entries and indexes are described. Examples of dictionary entries are provided.