Abstract
This study investigates the use of e-dictionaries among students at a Malaysian university. By investigating this aspect of Information Communication Technology (ICT), the opinions of future educators are included and analyzed. The major findings indicate how e-dictionaries caused useful effects to student's ability in spoken form. The researchers applied quantitative method by questionnaires that were answered by 30 respondents chosen based on convenience sampling. Most of the data obtained were collected online and consist of academic articles and journals. This study mainly aimed at identifying how often, in what manner, and what types of electronic dictionaries that respondents used to practice and improve their pronunciation. It can be shown from the findings that the respondents of the research frequently made use of e-dictionaries for practicing their pronunciation, learner's dictionaries was the most favoured one. Overall, the perceptions of the students using electronic dictionaries in EFL learning are generally positive. By using e-dictionaries, learners are able to learn English language in a more convenient and meaningful term.
Highlights
To determine success in English language learning, all students need to enrich themselves with an extensive variety of knowledge of words, excellent ability in lexical, broad knowledge on vocabulary of English along with its pronunciation
Among the vast assortment of methods in pronunciation learning, either deliberate or incidental, the implementation of dictionaries in Foreign Language learning will consistently appear as a helpful method and useful instrument in the hands of the learners to help them find the definition of any words quickly and directly
The results of this study reveal that the respondents make use of monolingual dictionaries for native speaker in the first place to help them with their pronunciation
Summary
To determine success in English language learning, all students need to enrich themselves with an extensive variety of knowledge of words, excellent ability in lexical, broad knowledge on vocabulary of English along with its pronunciation. EFL (English as a foreign language) learners are required to have understanding on pronunciation of a particular word when having studied a new word [1]. It is pivotally important for it has a very crucial role in communication, where the occurrence of mispronunciation potentially causes breakdowns during the conversation. Among the vast assortment of methods in pronunciation learning, either deliberate or incidental, the implementation of dictionaries in Foreign Language learning will consistently appear as a helpful method and useful instrument in the hands of the learners to help them find the definition of any words quickly and directly. The utilization of e-dictionaries is quite simple as the learner can access any word’s meaning and its correct
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