Investigating Dictionary Use by Foreign Students : How are Appropriate Expressions for Writing Found?

本研究的目的是通过对东京外国语大学日语专业外国学生的调查和访谈结果的分析，调查外国学生的词典使用情况。该调查收集了117份来自不同日语水平和母语人士的回复。采访对象是8名外国留学生。对结果的分析得出结论，在日语学习者使用词典方面，有两点特别重要。首先，我们必须考虑训练学习者有效使用词典的技能。其次，我们必须提高日语学习者词典的质量，提供大量的例句，学习者可以使用，以区分目标词在上下文中的意图用法。

The purpose of this research is to investigate dictionary use by foreign students through the analysis of results of a survey and interview of JLPTUFS(Japanese Language Program, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) foreign students. 117 responses from speakers of various Japanese levels as well as native speakers were collected for the survey. The interviews were conducted with 8 foreign students. Analysis of results led to the conclusion that two points in particular are important regarding dictionary use by Japanese language learners. First, we must consider training learners in the skills they need to use dictionaries effectively. Second, we must improve the quality of dictionaries for Japanese language learners by providing a large number of example sentences that the learners can use in order to distinguish the intended usage of the targeted word in context.