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Tactics Employed and Problems Encountered by University English Majors in Hong Kong in Using a Dictionary
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Chan, Alice Yin Wa – Applied Language Learning, 2005
Building on the results of a small-scale survey which investigated the general use of dictionaries by university English majors in Hong Kong using a questionnaire survey and their specific use of dictionaries using an error correction task, this article discusses the tactics these students employed and the problems they encountered when using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), English (Second Language)