THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE

APPLICATION FOR MUET A PILOT

STUDY

Mashanum Osman , Nor Shuhaida Nabila
Salmi, Lu Choon Aun
mashanum@utem.edu.my
Faculty of Information & Communication
Technology, UTeM
Outline
Introduction
Related Studies
Methodology
Pilot Study
Conclusion

Introduction
To examine the design process to enable the
delivery of mobile application for Malaysian
University English Test (MUET)
Mobile learning (m-learning)
Wireless technology, personal control of place and time
The Malaysian Communications & Multimedia
Commissions (MCMC) reported:
Q4 2012, penetration rate for mobile phone in Malaysia
is 141.6% (>100%)
The use of mobile phone helps to provide flexible
tools for learning and teaching

Introduction Related studies
Language Learning with mobile device :
1. Babbel.com
Learn more than 13 languages
Phrase, images, sound, pronunciations

2. Oh My English!
Learn English quizzes, games
Mimic classroom activities
Guided by local celebrities.
Research Questions
Is it feasible to design and deliver mobile
application for MUET?

What are the factors that hindered the learning
process using mobile phone for second language?

Methodology to Design a Mobile
Application
System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is adopted.


Figure 1 SDLC Methodology

For the development, we use android development kit (SDK) and JAVA
development
Kit (JDK). To run this application a basic android mobile phone is needed.

Pilot study
The study was conducted with 5 students from one
of the faculty in UTeM.
To know the feasibility and to learn the lessons for
designing a larger study at a later stage.
Student - questionnaires to gauged the information
on their activities using mobile phone before the
study.
Use the application for 1 hour.
Give written feedback about their experience on
using the application.

Pilot study - Results





From the questionnaires:
chatting with friends using mobile phone WhatsApp,
WeChat
messaging friends using SMS
chatting and messaging coursemates
contact lecturers when important

Feedback regarding the MUET application:
80% agree can enhance learning experience
20% learning experience is hindered - lots of
distractions available on the mobile phone
80% suggested to add more functions and exercises
20% would prefer to the traditional method to learn


Discussion








Several findings :
The use of SDLC as the methodology for building the
mobile application is relevant.
The use of mobile phone among the university
students is very handy.
The development of MUET application interestingly
manage to spark the interest for students to use and
learn.
The overall findings from the study suggested that
students have a positive view of using mobile
application to learn MUET.

Conclusion
There are several limitations identified.
Precise information whether the student has any
experience in using mobile phone for learning
especially language learning.
Main study : questionnaires and interviews.
Conduct quasi experimental study- pre and post
questionnaire - to measure more accurate findings.
Implemented with bigger samples , longer period to
get more better results and in depth pattern or
analysis.










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Thank you for your attention



Further information
Please contact: mashanum@utem.edu.my