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

1、A Survey of the English Dictionary Employed by Students in Middle SchoolAcknowledgementsFirst and foremost, I would like to show my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Mrs. Chen Liyun, a respectable, responsible and resourceful scholar, who has provided me with valuable guidance in every stage of th

2、e writing of this survey. Without her enlightening instruction, impressive kindness and patience, I could not have completed my survey. Her keen and vigorous academic observation enlightens me not only in this survey but also in my future study.I shall extend my thanks to Mrs. Chen for all her kindn

3、ess and help. I would also like to thank all my teachers who have helped me to develop the fundamental and essential academic competence. My sincere appreciation also goes to the teachers and students from Fengyi No. 3 Middle School, who participate this study with great cooperation. Last but not le

4、ast, Id like to thank my family members and all my friends for their encouragement and support.AbstractAt present, English has become one of the most important language intercourse tools. Whereas dictionary is an important tool to the language learners, so its significant to the middle school studen

5、ts to employ dictionaries scientifically and efficiently. According to the situation that the middle school students employ dictionaries in English learning, this survey generalizes the deficiencies in dictionary employing. Then give out the suggestion that teachers should offer the knowledge about

6、dictionaries to guide students to use different strategies of dictionary employing so that they can solve diverse language problems inflexibly.Key words: Middle school students, dictionary, strategies of dictionary employing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

7、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ContentsAcknowledgements . Abstract in Chinese.Abstract in English .1. Introduction1 1.1 The aim of this survey.1 1.2 The significance of this survey.12. Literature Review.1 2.1 The definit

8、ion of “strategies of dictionary employing” .1 2.2 Choose dictionaries scientifically and reasonably.22.3 The peculiarity of paper dictionaries and pocket electric dictionaries.2 2.3.1 The peculiarity of paper dictionaries 22.3.2 The peculiarity of pocket electric dictionaries .2 2.4 Employing dicti

9、onaries effectively.3 2.5 The scarcity of using dictionaries frequently 33. Research Design.3 3.1 The subjects of this survey.3 3.2 The instruments used in this survey.3 3.3 Research methods.4 3.4 Research questions.4 3.5 Research process44. Research Results and Discussion.64.1 Research the results

10、.64.2 The situation of dictionary employed by students in middle school .64.3 The strategies of dictionary employing used by the middle school students .7 4.4 The helpful strategies of employing dictionaries scientifically and effectively84.4.1 Students should ascertain how to use dictionaries .84.4

11、.2 The helpful strategies of dictionary employing .85. Conclusion.96. Limitation107. References118. Appendix .121. IntroductionEnglish learning in the middle school is the most essential part in the whole education course. One of the teaching goals is to improve students independent learning ability

12、. And dictionary is the indispensable tool to the students in English learning. Dictionary is as another teacher. If employing dictionaries scientifically and effectively, it will be helpful to improve students independent learning ability. So far, there have been some researches about dictionary em

13、ploying, but its the lack of the researches for the middle school students. So I want to make this survey to understand the situation in middle school. 1.1 The aim of this surveyFor each English learner, dictionaries play an important role in English learning. In order to find out the effective stra

14、tegies of dictionary employed by students in middle school, I make this survey. The surveys purpose is to look into “The actuality of dictionary employed by students in middle school” and “which strategies of dictionary employing are effective to the middle school students?” 1.2 The significance of this surveyAt present, almost all teachers in middle sc