UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA

FACULTADREGIONAL
MULTIDISCIPLINARIA
FAREM–MATAGALPA

Department of Education and Humanities

TITLE:
✓ Strategies for fostering the growth of macro skills in English Language Learners during the
second semester of 2023.

RESEARCH WORK
Benefits of the use of mobile devices inside and outside the classroom to improve English language
comprehension in eighth grade high school students by encounter, from Colegio La Independencia
during the second semester of 2023 in the municipality of Rancho Grande, department of
Matagalpa.
AUTHORS:

Hilder Javier Diaz Orozco

Fernando Jose Martinez Martinez

Alexei Gurdian Larios

TUTOR:

MS c. Yader Escorcia Orozco

 MATAGALPA, NICARAGUA, DECEMBER 2023

Variable operationalization
Variables Concept Sub Indicators Questions Instruments Adressed
variables to

Benefits of One of the key Access to How often do you use Survey Teacher
the use of benefits of using multimedi Mobile devices to access
mobile technology in the a content to multimedia content
devices classroom is that it in teaching English?
inside the -Never -Occasionally -
can provide
classroom sometime
students with a -Often -Usually -Always
more interactive
and dynamic How often do you use
. learning mobile devices to access
experience. For multimedia content to
example, teachers improve English
can use interactive comprehension? Survey Students
whiteboards to
▪︎Never ▪︎Occasionally
present multimedia
• Sometimes •Often
content and • Usually. • Always
facilitate in-class
activities, or they
can use tablets to How does it help your Interview Teacher
provide students students practicing
with access to Reading skills using
digital learning mobile devuce in
resources. This English?
can help students
stay engaged and Does it promote Survey Teacher
motivated, as they Real time collaborative learning
are able to interaction using mobile devices in
participate in and English comprehension?
hands-on, collaborati Never -Occasionally -
experiential on sometime
learning activities -Often -Usually –Always
rather than just
listening to Do you use mobile
lectures or reading device to learn English in
from a textbook. your group of class?
(Emmy Michele, Never -Occasionally - Survey Student
2023) sometime
-Often -Usually –Always
 Do you form groups of Interview
students Using mobile
Inmediate
device to teach English?
feedback

Benefits of Mobile learning Independ

the use of can also improve ents and
mobile collaboration continues
devices among learners, as language
outside the it provides a practice.
classroom platform for
communication
and collaboration
in real time. With
features like
discussion boards,
instant messaging,
and group projects,
mobile learning Utilization
can foster a sense of
of community and language
collaboration learning
among learners, applicatio
even when they ns
are located in
different parts of
the world. (Ricci
Masero, 2023)

Integratio
ns of
real-life
situations
Effective Social Asynchron
integration connectivity/ ous
of Mobile interac tion. Mobile learning as
Device to devices allow a learning
enhance users to share strategy.
English information,
comprehens collaborate, and
ion
communicate with
others with ease,
either
synchronously or
asynchronously.
Researchers have
applied the social
connectivity/interac Innovative
pedagogic
tion feature of
al
mobile devices to
strategies
language leaning. using
The features of mobile
shared tasks and devices
real time
interaction not only
enhance the
efficiency of group
learning, but also Classroom
improve the quality technology
of interaction
during language
learning (Lan et
al.,
2007, Zurita and
Nussbaum,
2004a). (Yao-Ting
Sun, 2015)
References

Ricci Masero. (2023, February 20). Mobile Learning

Benefits:
 The Advantages Of Learning On-The-Go. elLarning
Industry. https://elearningindustry.com/mobile-

learning-benefit s-the-advantages-of-learning-on-the-

go

Yao-Ting Sun. (2015, October). How effective are mobile

devices for language learning? A meta-analysis.

Science Direct.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii

/S1747938X15000469