A Survey on the Use of Smart Phone Dictionaries for Vocabulary Learning

Abstract

The research entitled A Survey on the Use of Smart Phone Dictionaries for Vocabulary Learning is an attempt to find out the extent of the use of smart phone dictionaries for vocabularies learning. The research covers the area like e-learning, names of good smart phone dictionaries available in the internet, students’ knowledge and uses of them, their opinions of using them, problems faced by them and some pedagogical implications of the use of smart phone dictionaries for vocabulary learning. The researcher selected 120 students of bachelor level (first year) from the six campuses of Chitwan district. All the students were requested to fill up and answer the questionnaires prepared by the researcher. The data collected from the students were analysed, compared and interpreted to find the extent of the use of smart phone dictionaries for vocabulary learning. By this research it was found that most of the students do not have a sound knowledge and they do not have regular habit of the using of rich smart phone dictionaries which are quite helpful in vocabulary learning.

This thesis consists of five chapters: introduction, review of the related literature, methodology, analysis and interpretation of data and conclusion and recommendations. The first chapter includes general background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, significance of the study, delimitations of the study. The second chapter consists of review of empirical literature, implication of the review for the study, and the conceptual framework. The third chapter consists of research methodology, sources of data, design of the study, population sample and sampling procedure, tools and technique of data collection, process of data collection and data analysis and interpretation. The fourth chapter of the research deals with analysis and interpretation of results. The fifth chapter focuses on conclusion and recommendations and further research.