TY  - JOUR
T1  - Undergraduate’s Perceptions on Smartphone Applications in Learning Mandarin
AU - Abdullah, Nurul Ain Chua AU - Tajuddin, Azza Jauhar Ahmad AU - Soon, Goh Ying 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 9
SP  - 1687
EP  - 1694
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.1687.1694
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.1687.1694
KW  - Mobile-assisted language learning
KW  -smartphone applications
KW  -Mandarin language
KW  -degree
KW  -ideal
AB  - The advance affordance technology of smartphone is giving an impact on how learning takes place
in many disciplines and contexts including language learning. Instructors and learners can easily access the
materials anytime, anywhere any places and at their own convenient pace. Today, smartphones the newest
mobile inventions have the great capability to become important devices not only in language learning in
general but particularly in Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL). Smartphone applications engage users
in activities either in the class or out of the formal class. This generates the potential for significant change in
teaching and learning practices. This preliminary study aims to explore student’s perceptions on the impact of
smartphone applications in learning Mandarin. The research focus was on how the students use the
smartphone applications and their views on language performance, task accomplishment, student’s learning
process and satisfaction of the usage. A survey with 79 degree students considered as Mandarin learners was
conducted. The type of smartphone applications use was clearly identified in 2 based which are dictionary
based and teaching and learning based. Based on descriptive statistics all the participants concurred that
smartphone applications enhance their language performance; help them in completing task easily and quickly
and lastly assisting them in their study. The result found the students were interesting, satisfied and willing
to continue using smartphones in their study. There was no significant different between gender and courses
attended on the issues mentioned. The result suggests that smartphones are ideal tools for MALL.
ER  -