Students’ Perception on the Use of Mobile Devices in Language Learning

This study, using descriptive survey ndesign, determined the students’ perception of the use of mobile devices in learning the English language along the five macro skills – listening, reading, writing, speaking, and viewing. A modified survey questionnaire served as the primary data gathering instrument. The respondents involved were 71 grade 11 senior high school students of one public school in the Division of Camarines Sur, Philippines. Findings showed that text messaging and calling are the two common features of students’ mobile devices. Students perceived English dictionary and English vocabulary games as the top two mobile device apps contributing to their English language learning. Among the five macro skills in English, the students perceived mobile devices as having the most significant impact on viewing. The overall weighted mean scores indicated that students positively perceived some features and apps in their mobile devices to be contributing to their learning of the English language. These findings were made as the basis to develop appropriate instructional materials in the form of lesson plans that incorporated the features and apps in the mobile devices.

Keywords – English language, macro skills, mobile application, mobile device, session plan.