Zamanlar Bağlamında İngilizce Öğretimi İçin Bir Mobil Uygulama Tasarımı: Sos Tablosu

• Published in: Academic Journal of Information Technology Vol. 9; no. 32; p. 73
• Main Authors: ÇEVİK, K Kürşat, ÖNAL, Nezih, ŞENOL, Veysel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Istanbul AJIT - e: Online Academic Journal of Information Technology 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Applications programs; Digital literacy; Education; Electronic devices; Foreign language learning; Foreign languages; Mobile communications networks; Mobile computing; Mobile operating systems; Smartphones; Tables
• ISSN: 1309-1581
• DOI: 10.5824/1309‐1581.2018.2.005.x

The importance of teaching foreign languages is known and it is also known that there are many difficulties in it. In our current age of technology, there are some new pursuits for dealing with these difficulties in the process during which digital natives learn a foreign language especially English. Because the target group is digital natives, educators tend to make use of technology. One of the most outstanding applications based on technologies of foreign language teaching is mobile learning. Accordingly, in the literature it is reported that integration of mobile technologies and mobile applications into educational environments has recently become widespread. With digital applications which can be set up on mobile devices as well as mobile phones, learners can enjoy entertaining and educational applications whenever and wherever they want. These applications can provide a more entertaining learning experience for learners. As a result, in this study, a mobile application design for teaching English within the context of “Tenses” (SOS Table) has been developed and has been presented. The mobile application of SOS Table was programmed on android platform because of the market share of it among other operating systems and then it was set up on Google Play Store. After users set up the program on their mobile devices, they are required to register remote database. Registered users’ data are recorded in a database and thus with these data, uses are monitored in order to determine how much progress has been acquired thanks to the application of SOS Table.