Title: Using%20Mobile%20Phones%20in%20Pronunciation%20Teaching%20in%20English-medium%20Universities%20in%20Turkey
1Using Mobile Phones in Pronunciation Teaching in
English-medium Universities in Turkey
Murat Saran Cankaya University,
Turkey saran_at_cankaya.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kursat Cagiltay METU,
Turkey kursat_at_metu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Golge Seferoglu METU,
Turkey golge_at_metu.edu.tr
2Where are we from?
3Purpose of the Study
- to investigate the potentials and effectiveness
of using mobile phones in foreign language
education
4Research Questions
- Does the mean change (mean difference between pre
and post tests) in the pronunciation test scores
differ among the three groups mobile, web, and
handout? - What are the students perceptions and opinions
of the use of the mobile phones in the
pronunciation learning?
5Sample
- A purposeful sample of students (based on the
data collected through a pre-study questionnaire)
- 24 students attending the English Preparatory
School of a university in Turkey
6Design of the Study
Group Pre-test Treatment Post-test
Mobile n8 (5 female, 3 male) ? Regular classroom activities supported with MMS via mobile phones interview ?
Web n8 (5 female, 3 male) ? Regular classroom activities supported with Web ?
Handout n8 (4 female, 4 male) ? Regular classroom activities supported with handouts ?
7Treatment
- 120 English words (20 of them selected for
pronunciation test) - 4 words a day
- 10 weeks
8An example web page used in the study
9An example handout used in the study
10An example MMS used in the study
- Animated Picture
- Size 20 KB
- Format Animated GIF
- Resolution172x136
- Pronunciation
- Size 3 KB
- Format amr
Frame 1 Dictionary definition
Frame 2 Sample sentence
Frame 3 Related picture
Frame 4 Word building
11Data Collection Evaluation
- Record the students pronunciations by using
digital voice recorder before and after the
treatment - A native rater and a nonnative instructor from
the preparatory school evaluated the records
according to the Educational Testing Service
Criteria - 0 Frequent phonemic errors and foreign stress
and intonation patterns that cause the speaker to
be unintelligible. - 1 Frequent phonemic errors and foreign stress
and intonation patterns that cause the speaker to
be occasionally unintelligible. - 2 Some phonemic errors and foreign stress and
intonation patterns, but speaker is intelligible. - 3 Occasional nonnative pronunciation errors, but
speaker is intelligible. - Educational Testing Service. 1985 SPEAK
examinee handbook and sample
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13Results
Maximum score that can be obtained from the test
was 60
14Results
Comparison of mean scores on pronunciation test
15ANOVA Results
The ANOVA was significant, F (2, 21) 5.000, p
.017.
16The results of homogeneity of variance test and
post-hoc comparisons
17Interview Results
- interviewed 6 students in mobile group
- All of the students (n6) provided positive
feedback about the mobile learning application
used in this study - Visual presentations of the words in multimedia
messages helped us to understand the words
meanings easily. When I came across the word in
reading, the visual representations helped me to
remember the words meaning
18Interview Results
- I found the text and audio-visuals in the
multimedia messages supporting each other.
Audio-visual materials were very valuable in
drawing my interest and giving me a clear
understanding about the English word that I was
learning - I had the chance of repeating the content as
many times as I wanted and this was an advantage
of using mobile phones when compared with the
other methods
19Conclusion
- This study extends the use of use mobile phones,
which are already used for communication and
entertainment all over the world, to education. - Using mobile phones in educational settings will
help learners be more motivated and will make it
possible to overcome the difficulties teachers or
parents experience in order to make learners
start studying. - Learners will be able to use any previously
wasted time (on the bus, on their way back and to
school) on learning languages.
20Conclusion
- The findings of this study demonstrated that
using MMS in enhancing vocabulary pronunciation
is very effective. - The method used in this study can be of great
help in improving the quality of
teaching-learning processes in Preparatory
English language schools of English-medium
universities.
21Questions