电子词典在外语词汇学习中的作用——国外相关实证研究评述.pdf

Modern Linguistics 现代语言学, 2014, 2, 143-149 Published Online August 2014 in Hans. /journal/ml /10.12677/ml.2014.23017 The Role of Electronic Dictionaries in Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning —A Review of Related Studies Hongshan Zuo Foreign Language College of Sichuan University, Chengdu Email: zuohongshan@ th th th Received: Jul. 10 , 2014; revised: Aug. 6 , 2014; accepted: Aug. 16 , 2014 Copyright © 2014 by author and Hans Publishers Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). /licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract With the development of computer technology and its application in foreign language teaching, electronic dictionaries have become an indispensable tool for many language learners. There have been a wealth of studies examining the roles of electronic dictionaries in foreign language voca- bulary acquisition, focusing mainly on the following issues: comparison of the effects of electronic dictionaries and paper dictionaries on foreign language vocabulary acquisition, the influences of different modes of dictionary information on the acquisition of new words, foreign language learners’ lookup preferences while using electronic dictionaries, and how to develop appropriate learning tasks to induce foreign language learners’ deep processing of the information provided by electronic dictionaries. The present paper reviews studies probing into the roles of electronic dictionaries in foreign language vocabulary learning, introducing the research methods adopted, findings obtained, as well as potential research issues in this area. It is hoped that the study might shed some light on the development of electronic dictionaries