1.- DAY 1 (10 minutes). Explain the classes what the project 
    consists in (see PROJECT). If they are interested, go on 
    with the procedure.

2.- DAY 2 (50 minutes). Computer room.

a) Show them how to download, unzip and run the program.

b) Explain what each file is for (see FILELIST).

c) Give them handouts of the document  SAMPLE. They search
    for all the example entries so that they see how LEXIS.EXE
    works, and I comment on all the features in the example
    entries so that they see how the codes work. The LEXIS1.DAT
    file can be used instead of the main dictionary to save time if
    the computers aren't very fast or if the students tend to get
    distracted easily.

    Example entries: idea, con, house, home, casa, in, dream, tired,
    sueño, cansado, in+, colours.

d) If there is some time left, I write on the board a list of other
    words for them to look up in the main dictionary LEXIS.DIC:
    aburrido, pronto, dos, walk, siguiente, Sunday.

3.- DAY 3 (15 minutes). Ask every student to write two or three
    sentences in Spanish or a short text and translate it into
    English. They hand them in or e-mail them for correction.

4.- (Second week, two-three days per group) I correct the texts at
    home, choose a vocabulary mistake, identify the cause of the
    mistake and decide what entries in a dictionary will help
    students to avoid that mistake (including the one which
    caused the mistake and any related or similar words, and the
    Spanish equivalents). If some student has several mistakes, they
    can be given the choice of writing several examples.

    Then I make a list in which each student is assigned the
    necessary entries.

5.- DAY 4 (10-20 minutes) (third-fourth week, depending on the
    number of groups taking part in the project). I give or send 
    back their sentences and the list of entries each of them has
    to deal with, and explain briefly how to write the examples. 
    They have one week to write their examples.

6.- (One week) At home, they study the example definitions and 
	 write definitions for their list of entries.

7.- DAY 5 (fourth-fifth week). They hand in or e-mail their
    definitions, I revise and correct them at home during the next 
	 two weeks.

8.- DAY 6 (50 minutes) (seventh week). Computer room. They copy
    their definitions onto a computer file called NEW.TXT, in text
    format. The first and last lines in the file must be the character #.

    They look up a word and from that screen press F10. The file
    NEW.TXT will then be added to the LEXIS1.DAT file, and they
    can check the way their definitions come out on the screen.

    After their files have been revised and corrected if necessary,
    they make a copy of the LEXIS1.DAT file, using their initials as a
    file name (JJCC.TXT, for example). That way they can all be copied
    onto a single folder.

    They send their via e-mail and I revise the new definitions and 
	 add them all to LEXIS.DIC (two weeks).

9.- DAY 7 (ninth week). When all the entries are ready, I upload
    the new data file for everyone to download

	N.B. Other teachers may use a floppy disk, CD or pendrive to
    distribute the program and the new data among the participants 
	who want to install it onto their computer.