Résumé:
Foreign language learners tend to utilize any possible means during the reading process to
obtain more information, learn more vocabulary, and more importantly, comprehend the
reading material at hand easily and effectively. The present study seeks to recognize the
attitudes that EFL learners hold towards the role of mobile dictionaries in reading
comprehension. To this end, the research adopts the descriptive method that includes
quantitative and qualitative tools. Both a structured questionnaire and classroom observation
designed to gather the needed data. The questionnaire was directed to Master One students
(N=100), at the Department of English, University of 8 mai 1945, Guelma. The compiled data
confirm the main hypothesis, which implies that EFL students have positive attitudes towards
the role of mobile dictionaries in facilitating reading comprehension. Hence, the research
advocates the use of mobile dictionaries as supplementary tools to overcome students’ reading
comprehension difficulties at the level of ambiguous and unknown words. Finally, some
implications are suggested for conducting further studies.
