The Impact of Using VocBlast to Learn Technical Vocabulary at Tertiary Level
Recently, there has been a rapid development of mobile applications (apps) for language learning purposes. An app namely VocBlast is designed to provide new learning experiences for engineering students to improve knowledge in technical vocabulary. The paper investigates the students’ viewpoints a...
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Novelty Journals
2017
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| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17983/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17983/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17983/1/The%20Impact%20of%20Using%20VocBlast%20to%20Learn%20Technical%20Vocabulary%20at%20Tertiary%20Level.pdf |
| Summary: | Recently, there has been a rapid development of mobile applications (apps) for language learning
purposes. An app namely VocBlast is designed to provide new learning experiences for engineering students to
improve knowledge in technical vocabulary. The paper investigates the students’ viewpoints about the impact of
using VocBlast to learn technical vocabulary between genders. 68 students from University Malaysia Pahang
(UMP) were selected as samples using purposive random sampling method. A Likert-type questionnaire was
employed to gauge students’ perceptions in using VocBlast. Using independent samples t-test, the results of the
study revealed that there was no significant difference between genders on the impact of using VocBlast to learn
technical vocabulary. This suggests that both genders equally perceived VocBlast as a useful vocabulary mobile
app to learn technical vocabulary. In terms of learning pedagogy, the study extends the knowledge of mobile
learning by providing insights on engineering students’ positive attitude in adopting vocabulary mobile app to
learn technical vocabulary.
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