Using of Mobile Applications in Learning English

• Людмила Мороз

  Рівненський державний гуманітарний університет

• Владислав Ковалюк

  Rivne State University of Humanities

• Ірина Масло

  The National University of Water and Environmental Engineering

The article is devoted to the actual problem of the possibilities of using information and communication technologies in the process of learning English. The authors of the article reveal the concept of mobile learning and consider its advantages in teaching foreign languages. It is noted that mobile learning today is a new and developing area of education, a distinctive feature of which is the creation of a new learning environment and the fact that the task of the teacher is to help students choose the necessary products that can maximize language learning, thereby individualizing the learning process. According to the authors, the practical use of mobile applications has a huge potential, but at the same time, the integration of work with applications into the structure of the practical lesson presents certain problems and can be used quite limitedly. Accordingly, the introduction of interactive technologies in the learning process in order to organize and intensify students' independent work (mainly out-of-class) is a very promising direction. It is emphasized that they have a considerable advantage over traditional teaching methods in terms of intensification of independent work, individualization of learning, increase of cognitive activity and motivation of learning.

In our opinion, the practical use of mobile applications has a huge potential in increasing the efficiency of the process of learning foreign languages and can significantly improve the process of foreign language training of students, open its new sides and turn it from a serious time-consuming work into an exciting activity. Practice shows that they have a considerable advantage over traditional teaching methods: intensification of independent activity, individualization of learning, increase of cognitive activity and motivation of learning. At the same time, it should be noted that not all applications have high-quality speech content, various types of tasks and do not fully use the technical capabilities of modern mobile devices.

The article also provides a brief overview of mobile applications for teaching English and the experience of their use in students' independent work.

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