7.2.1 Question Five
How does the use of awareness activities influence the percentage of students who prefer using electronic and/or
online dictionaries over print ones?
Results showed that 78 students out of the 148 participating in the study used electronic dictionary at the end of
the experiment. In other words 52% of all students preferred using electronic dictionaries, which is a huge rise
from the pre-experimental 33%. As for the online dictionary users, the number rose from 34 to 70 out of 148. In
other words the percentage of online dictionary users rose from 23% to 47%. As for the print dictionary users,
they declined from 64 to 22 students. The percentage of print dictionary users declined from 43% to 15%.
Table four below shows the change in dictionary use orientation before and after the experiment.