People from different fields of life use a dictionary for their linguistic as well as professional enrichment. General purpose as well as specialised dictionaries are compiled on the basis of the needs users. The users decide about the dictionaries according to their academic and professional needs.
The present study aims at finding out dictionary using habits of medical students. The study is quantitative in nature. 100 MBBS students studying at Sharif Medical College, Lahore are selected as a sample of the study. A questionnaire adapted from Hartmann (1999), Nesi (2000), Tono (2001) and Ahmad (2009) is administered among these students.
The analysis reveals that the medical students least use the dictionary for language needs. They do not intend to find out definitions, pronunciations, grammatical usages and phrasal verbs. On the contrary, the students of medical science use the dictionary to find the encyclopaedic information. They just want the explanations of the medical terms. The language information tagged to these terms does not attract their attention though this is provided in the dictionary they claim to be in their use.
It is also found that the medical students are not aware of the diversity of information provided in the dictionaries whether they are language (general purpose) or medical (LSP) dictionaries. The study concludes that the medical students do not pay attention to their language needs. They just use dictionaries as a tool of information.
The present study aims at finding out dictionary using habits of medical students. The study is quantitative in nature. 100 MBBS students studying at Sharif Medical College, Lahore are selected as a sample of the study. A questionnaire adapted from Hartmann (1999), Nesi (2000), Tono (2001) and Ahmad (2009) is administered among these students.
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The analysis reveals that the medical students least use the dictionary for language needs. They do not intend to find out definitions, pronunciations, grammatical usages and phrasal verbs. On the contrary, the students of medical science use the dictionary to find the encyclopaedic information. They just want the explanations of the medical terms. The language information tagged to these terms does not attract their attention though this is provided in the dictionary they claim to be in their use.
It is also found that the medical students are not aware of the diversity of information provided in the dictionaries whether they are language (general purpose) or medical (LSP) dictionaries. The study concludes that the medical students do not pay attention to their language needs. They just use dictionaries as a tool of information.
