Using application in teaching technical English

Undoubtedly, the use of smartphones and other portable wireless gadgets has changed the classic learning and represents a new revolutionary approach to education. There are many mobile applications for learning foreign languages. The classification of mobile applications can be based on various aspects, levels of language proficiency and foreign language learning goals. Most language learning applications are oriented on lexical material managing. The interactive source "Quizlet" was selected by us from a variety of alternatives for conducting an experiment on the effectiveness of memorizing English-language technical terms. This source has a mobile version for ease of use. "Quizlet" is an educational service for learning new words, which is quite interesting, as students can learn vocabulary while playing. The platform has different modes of learning. From the teacher's point of view, this application is a well-developed platform for creating lexical training sets. One of the most convenient features of this service when creating a training set is to automatically display possible translations of the word and the corresponding image offered by the service. Charts to help the learner as a companion tool can also be created on this platform. To start using the application, simply follow the link https://quizlet.com and immediately begin to learn new words, because the application is free, and you can start learning instantly. The Quizlet mobile version is convenient and smart, but there are some differences between the site and the application, despite the fact that the main idea of the service remains the same. Our experiment included lexical material related to a particular field of technology. Visual, sound and graphic forms of the technical terms were used during the training as obligatory elements. The proposed memorization situations were also of two types: memorization from a sheet of paper, memorization using the application. Based on a comparison of the results obtained, conclusions were drawn about how effective/ inefficient the use of currently popular electronic applications for learning English is. This experiment showed surprisingly good results of memorizing words, regardless of the level of English language knowledge the specialization of the student. Non-technical students took part in the test as well.

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