Editing Monolingual learner's dictionary (section)

{{short description|Type of dictionary designed to meet the reference needs of people learning a foreign language}}
A '''monolingual learner's dictionary''' ('''MLD''') is designed to meet the reference needs of people learning a [[foreign language]]. MLDs are based on the premise that language-learners should progress from a [[bilingual dictionary]] to a monolingual one as they become more proficient in their [[Second language|target language]], but that general-purpose [[dictionaries]] (aimed at [[native speaker]]s) are inappropriate for their needs.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} Dictionaries for learners include information on [[grammar]], [[word usage|usage]], common errors, [[collocation]], and [[pragmatics]], which is largely missing from standard dictionaries, because native speakers tend to know these aspects of language intuitively.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} And while the [[definition]]s in standard dictionaries are often written in difficult language, those in an MLD use a simple and accessible [[defining vocabulary]].