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Comparison: Bilingual Printed Dictionary vs. Bilingual E-Dictionary for L2 Reading Comprehension

Explore the effectiveness of bilingual printed dictionaries and bilingual electronic dictionaries in fostering L2 reading comprehension among Indonesian university students.

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Comparison: Bilingual Printed Dictionary vs. Bilingual E-Dictionary for L2 Reading Comprehension

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  1. The Comparison between a Bilingual Printed Dictionary and a Bilingual E-Dictionary in Fostering L2 Reading Comprehension of Indonesian University Students Deny A. Kwary www.kwary.net

  2. Introduction • Dictionaries have been widely acclaimed as important tools for second language learning, especially for reading comprehension. • Along with the development of technology, most dictionaries are also available in electronic format in addition to the printed form. • Most university students in Indonesia still prefer using bilingual printed dictionaries to bilingual e-dictionaries

  3. Data Collection • The students are given two sets of reading comprehension tests. • In answering the first test, the students are equipped with bilingual printed dictionaries; • In answering the second test, they are equipped with bilingual electronic dictionaries installed in personal computers.

  4. The Bilingual Printed Dictionary Kamus Inggris-Indonesia By Echols & Shadily Cornell University Press & P.T Gramedia 1975

  5. The Bilingual Electronic dictionary Kamus Inggris-Indonesia By William D. Powell PT Atlantis Programma Prima 1997

  6. Data Analysis • Arithmetic Mean: to compare the average scores • t-test for correlated samples: to determine whether a bilingual e-dictionary is significantly better than a printed dictionary in fostering L2 reading comprehension

  7. Arithmetic Mean

  8. T-test result • T-value = 0.21 • T-table = 1.76 • Consequently, the bilingual electronic dictionary is not significantly better than the printed dictionary in fostering L2 reading comprehension

  9. Conclusion The printed dictionary turns out to be slightly better than the electronic dictionary in fostering L2 Reading Comprehension, perhaps it is because: • The Indonesian university students feel more comfortable using the printed version than the electronic one. • Electronic dictionaries have not been largely used in Indonesia. • The features of the printed dictionary are better than those in the electronic dictionary.

  10. Additional Materials • Responding to the needs to create a free-ware and user-friendly lexicography software, my colleagues and I have created a software which enable anyone (even with very little computer literacy) to make and update an electronic bilingual dictionary easily. • Download the self-extracted file entitled: personalized bilingual dictionary software. Extract the file and read the file entitled How To

  11. Thank You www.kwary.net

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