EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS ON LANGUAGE LEARNING MOTIVATION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ONDO STATE.
Abstract
The main purpose of this study focus on exploring the influence of mobile
applications on language learning motivation among secondary school students in
Ondo State. This study employed the descriptive survey design. Descriptive survey
was used to describe characteristics of a population being studied. The population of
this study comprised of selected senior secondary students (SSS) in Akure Local
Government Area. The respondents involved were seventy one 71 senior secondary
school students of selected public schools in Akure. For fair representation, all the
students were ranked from highest to lowest based on their previous school year's
general average. Then, five strata were made to determine the uppermost 20%, the
middle 20%, and the lowest 20%. From each identified stratum, 33.33% of the
sample size was randomly selected. The principal instrument used for data collection
for the research was a survey questionnaire to collect responses from the
respondents. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics which
includes the computation of mean, frequency, rank, and percentage. The result of the
findings revealed a significant influence of exploring the influence of mobile
applications on language learning motivation among secondary school students in
Ondo State. Recommendations were made among others that, English Dictionary
and other language dictionary apps should be installed to student's mobile devices
aside from the handy pocket dictionary that each one ofthem is expected to have.
Language learning apps should integrate interactive features such as quizzes, games,
and multimedia content to enhance engagement and motivation among secondary
school students. Key word: mobile, applications, language, learning, motivation,
secondary, schools, students viii
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