Smartphone use in English Language Learning

Abstract

The current century has been considered very often as a century of technology by people of different genres. The industry of technology is growing rapidly, and a lot of people including researchers, educators, teachers and learners in a way are becoming part of this huge development by technology use. In addition, the rate of internet connection continues to increase, and technology which provides easy access on the internet by mobile devices is becoming invisible. More than ever, technology of all types including Smartphones is taking an important place in our daily lives. It is being used by a lot of people, at work, at school, at home, in cafés and everywhere. Having such a device, one can have access on the internet everywhere, and can use it for different purposes, among others for language learning. Therefore, this research tried to give answers to some important questions related to Smartphone use in language learning in secondary schools. It provided answers to the following questions: What is students’ perception of Smartphone use in English language learning? In English language learning for what purpose do they mostly use it? Where do they mostly use it for learning purposes? Data gathered from the questionnaire were analyzed carefully using the SPSS and interpreted using spreadsheet and charts.