Merkulova N.E.

This article is devoted to the study of English language online dictionaries and the establishment of extralinguistic information in them. A brief description of the lexicographic resources under study is given.

The paper presents the description of modern online English dictionaries from the point of view of their use in the educational process. Special attention is given to monolingual explanatory dictionaries which have an explicit educational focus due to intensive development of new information technologies and changes in the user’s profile. The orientation of dictionaries to the user causes a change in the functionality of such reference books, since their educational, reference and systematizing nature is enhanced.