GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MOBILE PHONE USAGE FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING, ATTITUDE, AND PERFORMANCE

Marites Piguing HILAO; Saovapa WICHADEE

doi:https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.306558

Makale detayları

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MOBILE PHONE USAGE FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING, ATTITUDE, AND PERFORMANCE

Yazarlar:

Marites Piguing HILAO | Saovapa WICHADEE

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 2017 Vol.18 Issue 2, pp.68-79

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2017

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000781477

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

pISSN:

1302-6488

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.306558

Özet:

 


Mobile phone technology that has a huge impact on students’ lives in the digital age may offer a new type of learning. The use of effective tool to support learning can be affected by the factor of gender. The current research compared how male and female students perceived mobile phones as a language learning tool, used mobile phones to learn English and developed their learning performance. A five-point rating scale questionnaire was used to collect data from 122 students, comprising 65 females and 57 males. They were enrolled in a fundamental English course where mobile phone usage was integrated in certain language learning tasks with an aim to facilitate learning. The findings demonstrated that male and female students did not differ in their usage, attitudes toward mobile phone uses for language learning as well as their learning performance at a significance level. In addition, the constraints of using mobile phone for learning that students identified in an open-ended question included the small screen and keyboard the most, followed by intrusiveness of SMS background knowledge, and limited memory of mobile phone. The implication for classroom practice was proposed in how mobile phone can be fully incorporated into the instructional process in order to enhance learner engagement. The results of this study are important for teachers when implementing the mobile phone technology in language teaching. They can be used as a guideline of how mobile phone can be fully incorporated into the instructional process in order to enhance learner engagement.

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Makale detayları

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MOBILE PHONE USAGE FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING, ATTITUDE, AND PERFORMANCE

Yazarlar: Marites Piguing HILAO | Saovapa WICHADEE

Yayıncı: Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 2017 Vol.18 Issue 2, pp.68-79

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2017

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000781477

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

pISSN: 1302-6488

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.306558

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Marites Piguing HILAO | Saovapa WICHADEE

Yayıncı:

Anadolu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 2017 Vol.18 Issue 2, pp.68-79

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2017

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000781477

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

pISSN:

1302-6488

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.306558