<1>Luppescu and Day revealed the dictionary use had a facilitating effect on short-term word retention(1993).
~~Luppescu and Day disclosed that using dictionary can help learners to remember the words for a short period of time.
<2>The learner always feels more secure when he/she can access the translations or explanations in the native language(Laufer and Kimmel,1997:362)
~~When the learner can find translations or explanations in the native language, they can feel safer.
<3>The affective factors are assumed to be involved in this kind of strong preference for bilingual dictionaries.
~~People have proposed all sorts of hypotheses to explain that the affective factors are taken part in this kind of strong preference for bilingual dictionaries.
<4>The preference for bilingual dictionaries over monolingual is found to be so robust(Baxter,1980;Hartmann,1987;McCarthy,1990;Laufer and Kimmel,1997) that is not only difficult but also often impractical to force the learner to give up the habit of using bilingual dictionaries (Hartmann,1987:22)
It is not only learners of low and intermediate proficiency who rely heavily on bilingual dictionaries, but also advanced learns, who consult this type of dictionary more often than their monolingual counterparts.
<5>It is clearly to see that the English definition and the Chinese translation are placed side by side in this dictionary. The learner can choose the meaning of this target word from the Chinese translation if he/she feels more comfortable; but he/she can alternatively learn from the English definition if that is more suitable for his/her needs. By providing both kinds of information at the same time, this type off dictionary is argued to be able to meet the needs of most language learners,whether they chose to focus on the bilingual or the monolingual part. ~~The English definition is put alongside the Chinese translation in this dictionary which the learner can choose to use for his/her needs.