ABSTRACT:Mobile phone dictionaries are gaining in popularity with an increasing number of EFL learners in Chinese colleges and universities and making a huge impact on the Chinese College English learners. Through taking questionnaire inquiry and individual interview methods, the present study intends to reach a fuller situation of English major students’ mobile phone dictionaries’ usage. The subjects involved in this study were English major students of College of Foreign Languages in Honghe University. The research data were collected from questionnaires and individual interviews. It indicates that students hold a very positive attitude toward mobile phone dictionaries’ using. The paper investigates the present condition that more and more college students use mobile phone dictionaries. It also proposes some practical suggestions on how to apply mobile phone dictionaries to assist the classroom teaching in order to integrate mobile phone dictionaries into the vocabulary teaching particularly so as to improve the teaching efficiency and cultivate students’ individual learning and competence of autonomous learning. 

Key Words: mobile phone dictionaries; English classroom teaching; English major

TABLE OF CONTENTS

摘 要

ABSTRACT

1 INTRODUCTION-1

1.1 Research Background-1

1.2 Purpose of the Study-2

1.3 Research Questions-3

2 LITERETURE REVIEW-4

2.1 Studies Abroad-4

2.2 Studies at Home-5

2.3 Summary-6

3 METHODOLOGIES-8

3.1 Subjects-8

3.2 Research Instruments-8

3.2.1 Questionnaires-8

3.2.2 Individual Interviews-9

3.3 Data Collection and Data Analysis-10

4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS-11

4.1 Current Situation of Mobile Phone Dictionaries’ Use-11

4.1.1 The purpose of mobile phone dictionaries’ use-12

4.1.2 The content of mobile phone dictionaries’ use-13

4.1.3 The strategy of mobile phone dictionaries’ use-14

4.2 The Kind of Mobile Phone Dictionary which Students Use-15

4.3 Satisfaction of Mobile Phone Dictionary-15

5 CONCLUSIONS-16

5.1 Findings-16

5.2 Implication-17

5.3 Limitations-18

REFERENCES-19

APPENDIX .-20

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS-23