Vocabulary learning is very important in language learning, while dictionary use plays an obvious role in vocabulary acquisition. The author investigates dictionary use in vocabulary learning among the junior students...Vocabulary learning is very important in language learning, while dictionary use plays an obvious role in vocabulary acquisition. The author investigates dictionary use in vocabulary learning among the junior students in Wuxi Institute of Communications Technology(WICT)and reveals the significant differences between the good learners and the poor learners in their attitude and use of the dictionary. Accordingly, the author offers some suggestions on dictionary use to solve the problems found in vocabulary acquisition.展开更多
Mobile devices are effective tools for language learning and have positive effect on the development of language skills,heighten learners’ language learning attitudes and motivation, and support learner interaction, ...Mobile devices are effective tools for language learning and have positive effect on the development of language skills,heighten learners’ language learning attitudes and motivation, and support learner interaction, collaboration, and the coconstruction of knowledge. In spite of the popularity of mobile dictionaries among students, research on the effect of this app on students’language learning, especially focusing on the students from vocational school in rural area, is still scarce. So the purpose ofthe current study is probing into the effect of using mobile dictionaries on lower-intermediate students’ language learning, focusingon the students from vocational school in rural areas, in contrast to using printed dictionaries. This proposal is arranged as follows:section one presents the research background; section two reviews literatures; section three provides research problems and research design; section four presents data analysis and anticipated results. This proposal ends with conclusions. In term of researchaims, a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative will be applied with the main aim of probing the effect of using mobile dictionaries on students’ English learning and the opinions of students’on using the mobile dictionaries in English learning. Researchmethods in the form of quasi-experimental pre-and post-tests, questionnaires, interview will be undertaken to collect data.展开更多
Dictionary use is a supplementary activity in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, butalso enhances independent learning and is one of the conscious learning strategies in foreign language learning.B...Dictionary use is a supplementary activity in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, butalso enhances independent learning and is one of the conscious learning strategies in foreign language learning.Based on the results of a questionnaire, this paper analyzes college students' skills and strategies in dictionaryuse. Suggestions are provided for Chinese foreign language teachers to give expert guidance in their students'dictionary use. The purpose is to develop students' independent language learning.展开更多
Dictionary use in foreign language examinations is a new research topic in both dictionary user studies and language testing. This paper introduces several typical studies on dictionary use in foreign or second langua...Dictionary use in foreign language examinations is a new research topic in both dictionary user studies and language testing. This paper introduces several typical studies on dictionary use in foreign or second language examinations. Based on these studies, the author conducts a small-scale replicate study and discusses four potential positive effects of dictionary use in foreign language examinations.展开更多
The study, conducted in the academic year 2008, explores the potential differences in the use of a dictionary in support of a standard writing task by two student groups at two different proficiency levels. Fifty seve...The study, conducted in the academic year 2008, explores the potential differences in the use of a dictionary in support of a standard writing task by two student groups at two different proficiency levels. Fifty seven students working on a real classroom assignment were observed; in order to make sure that the subjects behaved as they normally would, they had not been informed that their dictionary behavior was to be observed. The study which shows that the need for a dictionary is smaller in the case of more advanced students may be of interest to those foreign language teachers who fear that giving a student an unlimited access to a dictionary may hamper the development of his expressive abilities. In turn, a marked preference on the part of more advanced students for an L I-L2, paralleled by a sustained interest in information categories typically placed in foreign learner＇s dictionaries suggests that advanced language learners writing in English would probably opt for a lexicographic product combining the best of both dictionary types： an LI-L2 and an MLD.展开更多
The interlocutors:Dr. R. R. Hartman?: Director of the Language Centre and Dictionary Research Centre at University of Exeter, U. K., Secretary of the European Association for Lexicography.Chen Kai: Leturer in the Fore...The interlocutors:Dr. R. R. Hartman?: Director of the Language Centre and Dictionary Research Centre at University of Exeter, U. K., Secretary of the European Association for Lexicography.Chen Kai: Leturer in the Foreign Language Department of Fujian Teachers’ University, Hono- rary Research Assistant at Exeter University.展开更多
文摘Vocabulary learning is very important in language learning, while dictionary use plays an obvious role in vocabulary acquisition. The author investigates dictionary use in vocabulary learning among the junior students in Wuxi Institute of Communications Technology(WICT)and reveals the significant differences between the good learners and the poor learners in their attitude and use of the dictionary. Accordingly, the author offers some suggestions on dictionary use to solve the problems found in vocabulary acquisition.
文摘Mobile devices are effective tools for language learning and have positive effect on the development of language skills,heighten learners’ language learning attitudes and motivation, and support learner interaction, collaboration, and the coconstruction of knowledge. In spite of the popularity of mobile dictionaries among students, research on the effect of this app on students’language learning, especially focusing on the students from vocational school in rural area, is still scarce. So the purpose ofthe current study is probing into the effect of using mobile dictionaries on lower-intermediate students’ language learning, focusingon the students from vocational school in rural areas, in contrast to using printed dictionaries. This proposal is arranged as follows:section one presents the research background; section two reviews literatures; section three provides research problems and research design; section four presents data analysis and anticipated results. This proposal ends with conclusions. In term of researchaims, a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative will be applied with the main aim of probing the effect of using mobile dictionaries on students’ English learning and the opinions of students’on using the mobile dictionaries in English learning. Researchmethods in the form of quasi-experimental pre-and post-tests, questionnaires, interview will be undertaken to collect data.
文摘Dictionary use is a supplementary activity in listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, butalso enhances independent learning and is one of the conscious learning strategies in foreign language learning.Based on the results of a questionnaire, this paper analyzes college students' skills and strategies in dictionaryuse. Suggestions are provided for Chinese foreign language teachers to give expert guidance in their students'dictionary use. The purpose is to develop students' independent language learning.
文摘Dictionary use in foreign language examinations is a new research topic in both dictionary user studies and language testing. This paper introduces several typical studies on dictionary use in foreign or second language examinations. Based on these studies, the author conducts a small-scale replicate study and discusses four potential positive effects of dictionary use in foreign language examinations.
文摘The study, conducted in the academic year 2008, explores the potential differences in the use of a dictionary in support of a standard writing task by two student groups at two different proficiency levels. Fifty seven students working on a real classroom assignment were observed; in order to make sure that the subjects behaved as they normally would, they had not been informed that their dictionary behavior was to be observed. The study which shows that the need for a dictionary is smaller in the case of more advanced students may be of interest to those foreign language teachers who fear that giving a student an unlimited access to a dictionary may hamper the development of his expressive abilities. In turn, a marked preference on the part of more advanced students for an L I-L2, paralleled by a sustained interest in information categories typically placed in foreign learner＇s dictionaries suggests that advanced language learners writing in English would probably opt for a lexicographic product combining the best of both dictionary types： an LI-L2 and an MLD.
文摘The interlocutors:Dr. R. R. Hartman?: Director of the Language Centre and Dictionary Research Centre at University of Exeter, U. K., Secretary of the European Association for Lexicography.Chen Kai: Leturer in the Foreign Language Department of Fujian Teachers’ University, Hono- rary Research Assistant at Exeter University.
