LEARNING VOCABULARY ON THE MOVE: YOU HAVE AN SMS

Abstract

This study investigates the use of SMS technique –a part of Mobile Technology- in the potential of learning new English words. The study was carried out for a week with 60 students with low SES in Turkey. A control and an experimental group –each consists of 30 students- were formed from the prep class students attending to ELT department at a university. While the control group were expected to learn the new words by classical techniques, the new words were sent to the experimental group as short messages. Both quantitative data analysis and qualitative survey data show that at the end of the study, there is a significant difference in favor of experimental group. Implications indicate that SMS can be used to teach vocabulary to digital natives providing motivation and promoting the regular study with push effect.

Keywords

• m-learning, mobile phone, SMS, vocabulary learning, ELT

CEP TELEFONUYLA İNGİLİZCE KELİME ÖĞRENME: MESAJINIZ VAR

Abstract

Bu çalışma, mobil teknolojisinin bir parçası olan SMS’in İngilizce kelime öğrenimindeki yerini araştırmaktadır. Türkiye’de yapılan bu çalışma bir devlet üniversitesindeki gelir seviyesi düşük 60 öğrenci ile bir hafta boyunca yürütüldü. Herbiri İngiliz Dili Eğitimi Hazırlık programına devam eden 30 öğrenciyi kapsayan kontrol ve deney grupları oluşturuldu. Kontrol grubunun klasik yöntemlerle yeni kelimeler öğrenmesi beklenirken, deney grubuna yeni kelimeler kısa SMS’lerle gönderildi. Nicel ve nitel olarak yapılan verilerin analizi, deney grubunda anlamlı bir fark olduğunu göstermektedir. Bulgular, SMS’in sayısal vatandaş olarak adlandırılan öğrencilere kelime öğreniminde motivasyon sağladığı, itme etkisi (push) ile düzenli çalışmaya teşvik ettiği ve İngilizce kelime öğretiminde kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

• mobil öğrenme, cep telefonu, SMS, kelime öğrenme, İngilizce dili öğretimi

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72. Please write the Turkish meanings of the words below.
73. conjugation : 2. recover : 3. pique : 4. sapid : 5. granulate : 6. voracious : 7. specialize : 8. excretion : 9. plutocracy : 10. wantonness : 11. prurient :
74. illuminate : 13. awry :
75. counter-claim : 15. peter : 16. ambulance : 17. inundation :
76. imminence : 19. lough :
77. discolor : APPENDIX B
78. Please write the Turkish meanings of the words below. Peter: Sapid: Awry: Granulate: Pique: Wantonness:
79. Voracious: Discolor:
80. Inundation: Excretion: