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PA68. English Learners' Dictionaries and University Students' Language Acquisition

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Learners’ dictionaries are a resource in ELT in universities. The wealth of information         contained within them can enhance the students’ language development and skills. In this study, the ability of users to interpret and produce texts using dictionary entries is investigated in order to establish whether learners perform better in reading comprehension and language production. The findings indicate that the dictionary use during reading comprehension did affect test results but not overall productive success.

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Jahfar Sadique Sainulabdeen, Dr.
Bangaladesh Intenational School, Sohar
Jahfar Sainulabdeen obtained a Diploma and then BA in ELT.He has an MA in English Linguistics  from UCE in Birmingham, UK
and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

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