UTM Arab Students’ Usage for English Vocabulary Mobile Applications
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201112.006How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- English Vocabulary App, TESOL, Non-English Speakers, Mobile Learning
- Abstract
This study was conducted to highlight the Arab students at UTM and their preferences for English vocabulary mobile apps (EVMA) and to identify the reasons for choosing the selected app as the best preferences of Arab students in the university. Among hundreds of EVMA in Google Play store, a list of the top 20 applications for the current study has been compiled. There are 39 Arab students participated in this study and the quantitative approach was applied through the online questionnaire to targeted and pre-defined groups. The questionnaire was collected for their feedback and opinions. Through the analysis of the questionnaire, the best five apps suitable for teaching of English vocabulary to the university level were identified. After the mobile app was selected by the participants, Duolingo app was the highest and best applied among the respondents to learn English vocabulary. The overall findings of the study indicated that more than half of the Arab students in the university prefer to use mobile software to learn vocabulary. The application is popular among English speakers who are not native speakers for a variety of reasons, including attractive interface and design, ease of use, multitasking, lessons and diversity of activities and skills.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Mohammed Z M Qaddoura AU - F.Y. Mustaffa PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/12 TI - UTM Arab Students’ Usage for English Vocabulary Mobile Applications BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Early Childhood and Primary Childhood Education (ECPE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 29 EP - 34 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201112.006 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201112.006 ID - Qaddoura2020 ER -