Use of digital dictionary by secondary level students in learning English vocabulary
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Department of English Education
Abstract
This study entitled Use of Digital Dictionary by Secondary Level Students in
Learning English Vocabulary was conducted to explore the frequency of using digital
dictionary by secondary level students, types of digital dictionary, purposes of using
digital dictionary and problems of using digital dictionary by secondary level students in
learning English language. I used survey research design in this research study. All the
students who were studying in grade 11 were selected as participants from community
schools of Damak Municipality, Jhapa. In order to obtain the objectives, close-ended and
open-ended questionnaire were developed. Further, telephone interview was taken in
order to get more data from the students who responded that they did not have smart
phones and questions were asked about the reasons of not having smart phones. This
research study was based on descriptive survey design. The data obtained from closeended
questionnaire
were
analyzed
by
using
tables,
graphs,
and
pie-chart
and
the
data
obtained
from
open-ended
questionnaire
were
analyzed
by
making
themes.
The
result
revealed
that most
of the
students
use digital
dictionary
while learning
English
language.
Students
prefer
to use
mobile
dictionary
more
compared
to
other
types
of digital
dictionary.
They
used
digital
dictionary
for
various
purposes
such as
to find
meaning
of
unknown
words,
confirm
the meaning
of known
words,
find
spelling,
know
the
pronunciation
of words
and
use
words
in meaningful
sentences.
The
findings
showed
that
the
main
reason
for
not
using
digital
dictionary
was
the
schools'
prohibition
to
bring
smart
phones in school
premises.
Secondly,
almost
all of the
teachers
do not
allow them
to
use smart
phone inside
the
classroom.
The
majority
of
students
reported
that
their
parents
do
not allow them
to
use
smart
phone at
home,
and
some
students do not have
smart
phones.
This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction
of the study which consists of background of the study, statement of the problem,
objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the
study and operational definitions of the key terms. Similarly, second chapter is about the
review of theoretical as well as empirical literature and its implication for the study.
Moreover, it also includes the conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of the study which covers design and method of the
study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data
collection procedures, data analysis procedures, and ethical considerations. In the same
way the forth chapter includes the analysis and interpretation of the data. Finally, the fifth
chapter incorporates the findings and conclusion of the study followed by some policy
related, practiced related, and further research related recommendation based on the
study. The references and the appendices are also included for the validation of the
research at the end of the study.