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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to demonstrate effectiveness of mobile game called SOS Table in the context of the subject “Tenses in English” within the framework of mobile learning tools acceptance, learning language motivation and mobile learning attitude of the students. The target group of the research consists of preparatory class students of a school of foreign languages in a state university in Turkey. The research was carried out with mixed method research. The quantitative paradigm-based section of this study was designed with a single-group pre-test and post-test model. In this model, three different scales were applied to the participants. The participants used the SOS Table mobile game developed by the researchers for 8 weeks. After the applications, semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven participants. The quantitative data of the study were analyzed with paired sampled t-Test and the qualitative data were subjected to thematic content analysis. The results of the study indicated that the mobile application named SOS Table increased both the mobile learning tools acceptance of the participants and motivation in English, and mediated the positive attitude development for mobile learning in English. The qualitative data obtained also supported these findings.
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We would like to thank the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit which has contributed to the research.
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Nezih Önal
Dr. Nezih ÖNAL has been the Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology (CEIT) at Nigde Omer Halisdemir University since 2019. In 2010, he graduated his master’s degree in Educational Technologies from Gazi University. He started his doctorate education at Gazi University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology. At the end of his PhD studies in 2014, he was appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of CEIT at Nigde Omer Halisdemir University. Önal’s research and teaching focus on Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Technology, Teacher Education and Mobile Learning.
Kerim Kürşat Çevik
Dr. Kerim Kürşat ÇEVİK is the Assistant Professor at the Department of Business Informatics, Akdeniz University. He started to work as a lecturer at Computer Programming Programs Nigde University in 2009. At the end of his PhD studies, he was appointed as an assistant professor in the same program. Recently he has started to work as assistant professor at Akdeniz University. Çevik’s research and teaching focus on artificial intelligence, image processing, biomedical, machine learning, computer-aided detection, medical informatics, data mining, mobile programming and computer vision. Çevik studied Electronic and Computer Sciences as an undergraduate and earned a M.Sc. at Selcuk University. He has PhD in Computer Engineering at the Selcuk University.
Veysel Şenol
Veysel ŞENOL is a lecturer of Foreign Languages Department, Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University. He started to work there in 2009. He has been working in ELT sector since 2002. He has developed Android programs like KeliBu, SOS Table in order to teach vocabulary and English.