However, educators have expressed some concerns about the potential risks of allowing students to use these products.
“The definitions are simplified and somewhat unclear compared with those in ordinary print dictionaries” said an official with an education commission. “Most of these devices do not include sample sentences which are of vital importance if a student is to learn correct usage.” he said.
Another teacher provided an amusing example of what can happen when a student does not use a proper dictionary. “One of my students wrote in a composition ?He asked her to marry him, but she garbaged him,? he said. I questioned him about his use of the noun ?garbage? in this context and discovered that he wanted to use the verb ?refuse?, but he was not sure of its meaning, then he looked it up in a cheap dictionary, and saw refuse garbage!
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