Abstract:
This quantitative, qualitative study investigates the usage of mobile phone
applications in teaching and learning processes. The study aims to identify
the benefits, difficulties, and resolutions of using mobile phone applications.
The study was conducted in the English Department at Hebron University at
the second semester of the academic years 2015/2016. The study focuses on
the Business English course. A questionnaire was used to show the general
attitudes of the students towards the effects of using mobile phone
applications in the classroom. Interviews were administered to reveal the
general attitudes of the students and instructors towards the difficulties and
the solutions. The results showed that most students responded positively to
using mobile applications in teaching and learning processes. In addition, all
students had smart phones, and they used varied brands applications in the
learning process. Moreover, the results indicated that students understand
and learn better through using the applications.
Machine summary:
edu 1 English Department, Faculty of Arts, Hebron University, Palestine Received: 18 November 2017 Accepted: 23 February 2018 Published online: 20 June 2018 Abstract This quantitative, qualitative study investigates the usage of mobile phone applications in teaching and learning processes.
Several studies suggested that mobile devices are invaluable resources in the teaching and learning process as they can help learners and educators to gather information, access content, communicate, and collaborate (Cheung, 2008; Cui et al.
Several studies have examined the role of using mobile phones in reinforcing teaching and learning (Cui & Wang, 2008; Ferry, 2008; Huang, Hwang, & Chang, 2010; Khaddage et al.
Zou and Li (2015) conducted a study in order to investigate how mobile phone applications can be integrated into the process of teaching and learning English outside and inside the classroom.
After the literature review, a 19-item questionnaire which was convenient for the use of mobile phone applications in teaching and learning was developed by the researchers.
Descriptive statistics were calculated for all the questionnaire items to examine the attitudes of the English for Business course students towards the benefits of using mobile phone applications in teaching and learning.
com Volume 3, Number 2, June 2018 {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} Table 2 shows that the students had positive attitudes regarding the use of mobiles in the process of learning.