Use of Mobile Phone Dictionary among basic level students in schools

Abstract

Widespread use of mobile and wireless devices in education has led to revolutionary changes in the way teachers teach and learners learn, Due to their pervasiveness, mobile phone dictionaries are considered as being potential valuable learning tools. However, students personal use of mobile phones and their apps for learning benefits is still open to research. This study thus, investigated the use of mobile phone dictionaries among basic level school. Seventy basic school learners from Almawahib private school participated in a pre-post-tests quasi – experimental study. They were divided into two groups [ 35 in each group] based on their choice. The experimental group adopted offline dictionary installed on their mobile phones, on the other side, the control group worked with paper dictionary. The teacher used a pre-posttest an as achievement test. The results showed that the experimental group performed better than the control group in the post-test. The findings revealed that mobile phone dictionary is playing a vital role in enhancing students English language vocabulary, moreover mobile phone dictionaries are useful stimulus, and encourage learners to work collaboratively. The researcher recommended that teachers should help learner to download the mobile phone dictionary apps on their devices to improve learning vocabulary.