The Impact of Monolingual Dictionaries on Reading Comprehension among Sudanese English Majors

Abstract

Vocabulary is recognized as a central aspect of mastery of the language and the use of monolingualdictionaries is regarded as a crucial tool in determining meanings of words in reading exercises. This paper aims at exploring the effects of dictionaries on reading appreciation among Sudanese students. Nesi and Meara (1992 The reading comprehension test was a replication of the text used in an experiment by