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100			_aVijayakumar, C
245			_aDictionary Search Preferences by Engineering Students _b: A Small-Scale Survey (Journal Article)
260			_aChennai _b: English Language Teachers' Association of India _c, 2022
300			_a20-26p.
440			_aJournal of English Language Teaching _v, Volume 64 Number 4 : July - August 2022
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520			_aAbstract: Understanding a student’s dictionary search preferences is crucial for us to determine learner language needs. We can restructure our instructional materials and strategies for our learners. This paper reports a small-scale dictionary use survey conducted at BITS Pilani, Pilani campus. 91 engineering students from different disciplinary backgrounds have responded to a questionnaire which included items on aspects the students tend to look up in a dictionary and the purposes that determine their look up practices. The findings clearly indicate that many students rely on online dictionaries, and their search preferences are mostly determined by their need to comprehend information rather than produce it.
650			_aDictionary use| search preference| vocabulary knowledge| learning dictionaries
856			_uhttps://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jelt/article/view/JELT640404
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