Use of Mobile Applications for Foreign Language Learning Among University Students: Needs and Functions

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jim/article/view/38541" target="_blank" >https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jim/article/view/38541</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v17i12.38541" target="_blank" >10.3991/ijim.v17i12.38541</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Use of Mobile Applications for Foreign Language Learning Among University Students: Needs and Functions

Original language description

Currently, mobile learning is an inseparable part of education since students use their mobile devices ubiquitously daily. This is also true for foreign language learning where smartphones and their applications are used for practicing all four language skills and language structures. The purpose of this article is to survey the needs of university students as far as the functions and content of a mobile app for foreign language learning are concerned. The methodology was based on an online questionnaire survey, which was conducted among 103 students of the University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, in the period between 30 October 2020 and 24 January 2021. The findings reveal that the potential mobile applications for foreign language learning should be tailored to the language needs of students at the University of Hradec Králové; be targeted at their foreign language level between B1 and B2 of the Common European Reference Framework for Languages; be used at smartphones with Android operating system in particular; offer the possibility of repeating exercises and the combination of different teaching approaches; be free of charge and provide the possibility to choose a corresponding language level; be aimed at practicing specific language skills and knowledge; provide gamification features, offline version, online interaction, notifications; and finally, serve as support to the face-to-face classes. © (2023), (International Association of Online Engineering). All Rights Reserved.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International journal of interactive mobile technologies

ISSN

1865-7923

e-ISSN

1865-7923

Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

AT - AUSTRIA

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

28-39

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85172128627