Dictionary Use to Increase Students’ Vocabulary Mastery: Electronic Dictionary or Printed One?

M. Arif Rahman Hakim, Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin, Agustina Indah Bahari

2018

Abstract

Dictionary usage is one of potential vocabulary learning strategies in developing learning process. With the development of digital technology, types of learners’ dictionaries have been diversified during the last two decades. This study had been designed to investigate whether students taught with e-dictionary achieve vocabulary score better than students taught without e-dictionary. The study employed a quasi-experimental study, particularly none-equivalent control group design pattern in which two groups studied vocabulary, one by using electronic dictionary (experiment class), and the other by using printed dictionary (control class). After ensuring the homogeneity, two classes were finally chosen as the sample of this research as the experiment class and control class. Both of classes consisted of 34 students with almost similar English subject average score. Result indicated that there was a significant difference between the achievement of the experimental and control groups. The means were 61.426 for the control group, and 71.471 for the experimental group. These differences in the students’ vocabulary learning scores were attributed to the method of instruction used in the study; electronic dictionary. In addition, the result of independent samples test ( = 0.05, df = 68-2 = 66) showed that t-value was higher than t-table (3.825 ≥ 1.9966) and Sig (2- tailed) was smaller than 0.05 (0.00 ≤ 0.05). In summing up that the use of e-dictionary proved to be a powerful tool for improving students’ achievement in vocabulary learning.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hakim M., Abidin M. and Bahari A. (2018). Dictionary Use to Increase Students’ Vocabulary Mastery: Electronic Dictionary or Printed One?. In Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC, ISBN 978-989-758-416-9, pages 150-159. DOI: 10.5220/0008215000002284

in Bibtex Style

@conference{beltic18,
author={M. Arif Rahman Hakim and Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin and Agustina Indah Bahari},
title={Dictionary Use to Increase Students’ Vocabulary Mastery: Electronic Dictionary or Printed One?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,},
year={2018},
pages={150-159},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008215000002284},
isbn={978-989-758-416-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,
TI - Dictionary Use to Increase Students’ Vocabulary Mastery: Electronic Dictionary or Printed One?
SN - 978-989-758-416-9
AU - Hakim M.
AU - Abidin M.
AU - Bahari A.
PY - 2018
SP - 150
EP - 159
DO - 10.5220/0008215000002284