A CASE STUDY OF A GERMAN LANGUAGE LEARNING PERCEPTIONS OF LEARNERS ON ANDROID SYSTEMS AT THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

At the present time, with the advancement of technology in mobile phones and tablets which have equipped people with mobile computers, and because of students’ preferences for convenient and low-cost approach of learning, the idea of using mobile applications for educational purposes is gradually getting stronger. Hence, it is essential to investigate about the benefits and drawbacks of using applications in education and develop this idea in order to improve and prosper the future of pedagogy and expand it beyond classrooms.  The aim of this research is to analyze the viewpoint of the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) students, who are registered to the German Language Learning course (ELT502) which is given by the School of Foreign Languages. In this research, a quantitative approach was used, and the required data was gathered through questionnaires which were responded to by the students at the School of Foreign Languages and has been analyzed by SPSS 25. The results of this research illustrated that students were satisfied by using this type of education and are willing to utilize it again in order to improve their language learning skills. Along with the results, this research has provided some recommendations like applying the efficient methods in M-Learning in order to improve the learners’ language learning process.