The Use of Electronic Dictionaries in EFL Classroom

Zheng, Huibin; Wang, Xiaoli

doi:10.22158/selt.v4n1p144

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“…So the described survey can contribute to this area of computer assisted language learning -CALL research. The given case can certify that implementing electronic dictionaries are useful in a higher school classroom environment, which agrees with the practice described by many EFL teachers, for example from the People's Republic of China, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan [16,17].…”

Section: электронный многоязычный терминологический словарь (эмтс) длsupporting

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Electronic Mutilingual Terminological Dictionary (Emtd) for Business and Professional Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

2016

Bulletin of PNRPU. Issues in Linguistics and Pedagogics

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The study has direct implications for the successful implementation of computer assisted language learning (CALL) and effective use of electronic dictionaries in English, German, Russian FL teaching and learning contexts. EMTD is presented as the product of the National University of Food Technologies. It attracts students of tertiary education as less time is needed to look up the meaning of a word in such a dictionary. It also helps teachers to give good lessons, work with educational material, explain word meanings, and achieve academic objectives. The EMTD not only defines terms but also provides English, German, Ukrainian and Russian equivalents, word combination, and contributes to the description of the terminology. Today with a big variety of electronic dictionaries in terms of forms and function users look for such features of an electronic dictionary as: type/number of dictionaries; translation capability; thesaurus; pronunciation; stylus; data transport; learning programs; encyclopedia; built-in camera; added features the demand for them is not quite big. However in higher schools such dictionaries can be of value. NUFT have chosen thе features that take best advantage of the medium. The survey is designed for the purposes to find the ways how to improve user-friendly features of EMTD (combination of A/Z and subject search) and evaluate it. The sample evaluation programme carried out by two groups, a group of teachers and a group of computer experts, gives positive results.Thanks to the EMTD students extend their Business and Professional vocabularies and what is quite important for teaching and learning processes virtually improve language (reading) skills.Keywords: CALL, electronic multilingual terminological dictionary, foreign languages teaching and learning, Business English, tertiary education, multimedia. Вестник ПНИПУ. Проблемы языкознания и педагогики № 4 2016 ЭЛЕКТРОННЫЙ МНОГОЯЗЫЧНЫЙ ТЕРМИНОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ СЛОВАРЬ (ЭМТС) ДЛЯ ОБУЧЕНИЯ ДЕЛОВОМУ И ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОМУ ИНОСТРАННОМУ ЯЗЫКУНастоящее исследование имеет непосредственное значение для практики компьютерной линг-водидактики и эффективного использования многоязычных англо-русско-немецко-украинских слова-рей в обучении. ЭМТС разработан в Национальном университете пищевых технологий (НУПТ). Он нравится студентам, так как в нем, чтобы найти значение слова, требуется меньше времени. Сло-варь также помогает преподавателям сделать занятия качественнее, успешнее работать с учебным материалом, объяснять значения слов и достигать поставленных академических целей и задач. ЭМТС дает определения терминов и их объяснения, эквиваленты слов на английском, русском, немецком и украинском языках, словосочетания. Сегодня при большом разнообразии выбора электронных слова-рей пользователи предпочитают такие характеристики, как: типы/количество включенных словарей, качество перевода, тезаурус, произношение, стиль, перенос данных, учебные программы, энциклопе-дия, встроенная камера, другие характеристики. Спрос на них невысок. Тем не менее в высшей школе подобные сло...

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Section: электронный многоязычный терминологический словарь (эмтс) длsupporting

confidence: 80%

Electronic Mutilingual Terminological Dictionary (Emtd) for Business and Professional Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

2016

Bulletin of PNRPU. Issues in Linguistics and Pedagogics

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“…Due to the heavy weight of volumes of some unabridged printed dictionary material, they fell out of favour for consumers. Hence, a digitized version of a dictionary is the better medium for users (Austermuhl, 2001;Lew, 2014;Zheng & Wang, 2016;Wu et al, 2016).…”

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Female Translation Students' Knowledge and Use of Online Dictionaries and Terminology Data Banks: A Case Study

Sabbah

Alsalem

2018

SSRN Journal

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This study aims to determine whether translation students at an undergraduate translation program have sufficient awareness of the availability and usability of online vocabulary and terminology search tools that can be of valid assistance to a translator. The study surveyed 50 female translation students of the Translation Program at Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of questions about knowledge and use patterns and included texts for translating between English and Arabic. Results show that although the students know and use a variety of online resources, they still lack in awareness of some of the very useful ones, and a small minority of the students does not use monolingual dictionaries at all. Analysis of the students' translations of selected terms reveals that availability of excellent online resources is not enough to prevent mistranslations if the students cannot select the right equivalent. The study has implications for lexicographers about the dictionary features most frequently used by translators-to-be. It also provides pedagogical tips for translator trainers who should guide their students to making use of the full potential of online dictionaries and term banks in order to achieve better translation outcomes.

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“…Kent stated that 50% of the respondents in his research believed that the electronic dictionaries' feature they found to be the most useful was audio pronunciation [8]. However, respondents taking part in other research demonstrated that audio pronunciation is only used in a low degree [9].…”

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Investigating E-Dictionaries on Speaking Ability among University Students in Malaysia

Hakim¹,

Aryati²,

Kurniawan³

2020

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The Use of Electronic Dictionaries in EFL Classroom

Cited by 17 publications

References 15 publications

Electronic Mutilingual Terminological Dictionary (Emtd) for Business and Professional Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Electronic Mutilingual Terminological Dictionary (Emtd) for Business and Professional Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Female Translation Students' Knowledge and Use of Online Dictionaries and Terminology Data Banks: A Case Study

Investigating E-Dictionaries on Speaking Ability among University Students in Malaysia

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