This study investigates the usefulness of a bilingualized dictionary (BLD) against a monolingual one (MD) in a fill-in-the-blank test requiring the ability to discriminate between a set of near-synonyms. 156 participants, all English major undergraduates studying in Poland, were divided into two groups based on the type of dictionary they used. The study compared the two groups with respect to their test scores, learners’ prior receptive vocabulary knowledge, and task completion time. The experiment revealed the limitations of the BLD in this type of task, demonstrating that the dictionary was no more useful than the MD. While the scores were unaffected by dictionary type, they were significantly influenced by the learners’ receptive vocabulary size: the larger the size, the better the performance. The task completion time was not significantly affected by dictionary type, vocabulary size, or scores. The paper discusses learners’ errors and possible reasons for the limitations of the BLD.

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双语词典在区分近义词方面有多大用处？

本研究调查了双语词典 (BLD) 相对于单语词典 (MD) 在填空测试中的有用性，该测试需要能够区分一组近义​​词。156 名参与者都是在波兰学习英语专业的本科生，根据他们使用的词典类型分为两组。该研究比较了两组的测试成绩、学习者先前的接受词汇知识和任务完成时间。实验揭示了 BLD 在此类任务中的局限性，证明字典并不比 MD 更有用。虽然分数不受词典类型的影响，但它们受到学习者接受词汇量的显着影响：词汇量越大，表现越好。任务完成时间不受词典类型、词汇量或分数的显着影响。本文讨论了学习者的错误以及 BLD 局限性的可能原因。