A Survey of the English Dictionary Employed by Students in Middle School.docx

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ASurveyoftheEnglishDictionaryEmployedbyStudentsinMiddleSchool

Acknowledgements

Firstandforemost,Iwouldliketoshowmydeepestgratitudetomysupervisor,Mrs.ChenLiyun,arespectable,responsibleandresourcefulscholar,whohasprovidedmewithvaluableguidanceineverystageofthewritingofthissurvey.Withoutherenlighteninginstruction,impressivekindnessandpatience,Icouldnothavecompletedmysurvey.Herkeenandvigorousacademicobservationenlightensmenotonlyinthissurveybutalsoinmyfuturestudy.

 IshallextendmythankstoMrs.Chenforallherkindnessandhelp.Iwouldalsoliketothankallmyteacherswhohavehelpedmetodevelopthefundamentalandessentialacademiccompetence.MysincereappreciationalsogoestotheteachersandstudentsfromFengyiNo.3MiddleSchool,whoparticipatethisstudywithgreatcooperation.

 Lastbutnotleast,I’dliketothankmyfamilymembersandallmyfriendsfortheirencouragementandsupport.

Abstract

Atpresent,Englishhasbecomeoneofthemostimportantlanguageintercoursetools.Whereasdictionaryisanimportanttooltothelanguagelearners,soit’ssignificanttothemiddleschoolstudentstoemploydictionariesscientificallyandefficiently.AccordingtothesituationthatthemiddleschoolstudentsemploydictionariesinEnglishlearning,thissurveygeneralizesthedeficienciesindictionaryemploying.Thengiveoutthesuggestionthatteachersshouldoffertheknowledgeaboutdictionariestoguidestudentstousedifferentstrategiesofdictionaryemployingsothattheycansolvediverselanguageproblemsinflexibly.

Keywords:

Middleschoolstudents,dictionary,strategiesofdictionaryemploying

摘要

目前，英语已经成为世界上最重要的语言交际工具之一。

而词典是语言学习者的重要习得工具因此，对于中学生来说，如何科学有效地使用词典就显得尤为重要了。

本研究根据中学生在英语学习过程中的词典使用情况，归纳了他们在词典使用方面存在的一些问题。

同时，提出了今后教师应该提供一些与词典有关的知识，指导学生运用不同的词典使用策略灵活解决不同的语言问题。

关键词：

中学生、词典、词典使用策略

Contents

Acknowledgements………………………………………………...…....……...ⅰAbstractinChinese……………………………………………………………...ⅱ

AbstractinEnglish……………………………………………………………..ⅲ

1.Introduction……………………………………………………………………1

1.1Theaimofthissurvey…………………………………………………….1

1.2Thesignificanceofthissurvey………………………………………….1

2.LiteratureReview…………………………………………………………….1

2.1Thedefinitionof“strategiesofdictionaryemploying”…………….1

2.2Choosedictionariesscientificallyandreasonably…………………...2

2.3Thepeculiarityofpaperdictionariesandpocketelectricdictionaries………………………………………………………………….2

2.3.1Thepeculiarityofpaperdictionaries……………………………………2

2.3.2Thepeculiarityofpocketelectricdictionaries…………………………..2

2.4Employingdictionarieseffectively……………………………………..3

2.5Thescarcityofusingdictionariesfrequently…………………………3

3.ResearchDesign……………………………………………………………….3

3.1Thesubjectsofthissurvey……………………………………………….3

3.2Theinstrumentsusedinthissurvey…………………………………….3

3.3Researchmethods………………………………………………………….4

3.4Researchquestions………………………………………………………...4

3.5Researchprocess…………………………………………………………4

4.ResearchResultsandDiscussion………………………………………….6

4.1Researchtheresults……………………………………………………...6

4.2Thesituationofdictionaryemployedbystudentsinmiddleschool…………………………………………………………………….....6

4.3Thestrategiesofdictionaryemployingusedbythemiddleschoolstudents……………………………………………………………………..7

4.4Thehelpfulstrategiesofemployingdictionariesscientificallyandeffectively……………………………………………………………………8

4.4.1Studentsshouldascertainhowtousedictionaries…………………….8

4.4.2Thehelpfulstrategiesofdictionaryemploying………………………..8

5.Conclusion……………………………………………………………………….9

6.Limitation………………………………………………………………………10

7.References………………………………………………………………………11

8.Appendix……………………………………………………………………….12

1.Introduction

Englishlearninginthemiddleschoolisthemostessentialpartinthewholeeducationcourse.Oneoftheteachinggoalsistoimprovestudents’independentlearningability.AnddictionaryistheindispensabletooltothestudentsinEnglishlearning.Dictionaryisasanotherteacher.Ifemployingdictionariesscientificallyandeffectively,itwillbehelpfultoimprovestudents’independentlearningability.Sofar,therehavebeensomeresearchesaboutdictionaryemploying,butit’sthelackoftheresearchesforthemiddleschoolstudents.SoIwanttomakethissurveytounderstandthesituationinmiddleschool.

1.1Theaimofthissurvey

ForeachEnglishlearner,dictionariesplayanimportantroleinEnglishlearning.Inordertofindouttheeffectivestrategiesofdictionaryemployedbystudentsinmiddleschool,Imakethissurvey.Thesurvey’spurposeistolookinto“Theactualityofdictionaryemployedbystudentsinmiddleschool”and“whichstrategiesofdictionaryemployingareeffectivetothemiddleschoolstudents?

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1.2Thesignificanceofthissurvey

Atpresent,almostallteachersinmiddlesc