İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRETİMİ İÇİN MOBİL UYGULAMA ÖRNEĞİ

Mobil öğrenme; öğrenciye zaman ve yer konusunda esneklik sağlayarak, bilgiye erişiminde kolaylıklar sağlar. Eğitimin her alanında olduğu gibi Yabancı Dil eğitimi alanında da mobil teknolojiler yaygın olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada geliştirilen Learning Training Set – English (LETS English) mobil uygulaması Meslek Yüksekokullarında eğitim planında yer alan Yabancı Dil ve Mesleki Yabancı Dil dersleri için yardımcı bir öğretim aracı olarak tasarlanmıştır. Uygulama, Android işletim sistemi kullanan mobil cihazlar için geliştirilmiştir. Mobil uygulama yazılımı, yabancı dil öğretiminde yer alan konulardan seçilerek hazırlanmıştır. Uygulama, konuların anlatımı, örnek açıklamalar ve testler olmak üzere üç ana modülden oluşmaktadır. Test uygulama modülü öğrenciler için farklı soru türlerini kapsayacak şekilde tasarlanmıştır. Öğrencilerden alınan geri bildirimler, mobil uygulama yazılımının yabancı dil öğrenme sürecine olumlu yönde katkı sağlayabileceğini göstermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Mobil Uygulama, Yabancı Dil Öğrenme, Öğretim Teknolojileri

A MOBILE APPLICATION FOR ENGLISH LEARNING

Mobile learning; provides students with the flexibility in time and place, easy access to knowledge. As in all areas of education, mobile technologies are widely used in teaching of foreign language. In this paper, the Learning Training Set - English (LETS English) mobile learning application developed to support as a complementary tool in teaching English for Foreign Language and Vocational Foreign Language courses in Vocational Schools. The mobile application was designed to be installed into mobile devices with Android operating system. The application has been planned and implemented in accordance with the selected topics from the foreign language teaching subjects. Our mobile application consists of three modules: Topics, Examples and Training. The training module covers different types of testing like single answer questions, multiple answer questions and word order. The feedback from the students, promotes positive attidues for the use of the application towards learning English as a foreign language.

Keywords:

Mobile application, Foreign Language Learning, Instructional Technologies,

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