A Study of Dictionary Using Habits of Students at Secondary Level in the Urdu Medium Schools in District Khanewal- Pakistan

This study attempts to explore dictionary using habits of secondary school students in Khanewal district. The study throws light on learners' dictionary needs and problems they face while using the dictionaries. It also shows the causes, hurdles and hindrances which do not let the secondary level learners and teachers use dictionaries properly. Questionnaire and structured interview were used to gather data from learners and teachers respectively as it is a descriptive and quantitative type of research. The researcher commenced his research with the hypothesis that the secondary level students and teachers do not utilize the treasure of linguistic knowledge, dictionary offers. If they use dictionary, they use it solely to look up the meanings of the words. In this regard, many types of questions were included in the questionnaire and a structured interview was conducted and explored the reasons and causes of all this behavior. The population for this study was selected from Public Sector Urdu medium secondary schools in district Khanewal. While selecting the schools, purposive sampling was opted to conduct the study. Our study concludes that the use of dictionary is essential for better learning and usage of The English language.