Using mobile educational technologies in vocabularies acquisition

Abstract EN

-This study aimed at investigating the effect of using mobile in improving English students' achievement in Al-Balqa Applied University in Jordan.

It attempts to answer the following question: - What is the effect of mobile on vocabulary acquisition? To answer the above question, the researcher carried out a study based on using mobile devices for the experimental groups.

The sample of the study consisted of forty students who were distributed randomly on experimental group and control group.

The instruments of the study were an instructional software program for teaching vocabulary and an achievement test that was prepared by the researcher.

T-test was used to find out the effect of the instructional program on the students achievement in vocabulary.

The findings of the study revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the students' achievement mean scores in vocabulary attributed to the instructional method of teaching.

This difference is in favor of the students in the experimental group.

On the basis of the results of this study, the researcher proposed a number of recommendations and made suggestions for future researches.