Dictionaries and Language Learning

How lucky we are with the technology we have at our command which provides learning tools our grandparents, and even parents, never dreamt of.
Dictionaries are probably the most important tools in language learning. Dictionaries provide easy-to-understand definitions, examples of usage, points of grammar and even pronunciation. You can hear a word as it is pronounced, as many times as you want or need.
And the best is that now, thanks to technology you can carry dictionaries on your cell phones. You can download dictionary applications and get information anytime, anywhere. It is like carrying a teacher in your cell phone.
I urge you to download at least one bilingual dictionary and two monolingual dictionaries. 
Consult them because they are the source of interesting information of all kinds.
I actually force my students to download dictionaries, and ask them to check words instead of giving them the answer.
Do not take my word for it, download a monolingual dictionary and use it. You will be surprised.