A MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR STUDENTS: A CASE OF A PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY
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Ключевые слова

цифровые инструменты, мобильное приложение, мобильное обучение, цифровая компетенция, языковое обучение, педагогический университет, интерактивность

Аннотация

Mobile learning has had a beneficial effect on contemporary educational trends and it has changed the way students engage with learning. The goal of the study is to describe the development process of a mobile application for students in order to improve their level of a foreign language proficiency and form the digital competencies. Various research methods were employed during this study, including theoretical analysis, literature and source reviews, assessments of mobile learning practices, content analysis, as well as a non-parametric statistical method such as the Mann-Whitney U-test and the use of SPSS Statistics software version 27.0. The empirical part of our research relied on the findings from testing and implementing the mobile application “Grammapp” created by authors. A total of 58 2nd year students, future English language teachers, from Alkey Margulan Pavlodar Pedagogical University participated in this research. The data collected were analyzed based on the midterm tests during 2024-2025 academic year. Consequently, students of the intervention group have shown greater receptiveness in improving the English language proficiency up to 17.2% and demonstrated competencies in mobile learning.

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