In the 21stcentury, learning technologies appear to be widespread in many learning environments. This current study aimed 1) to design and test a mobile application for enhancing Thai language learning of Thai pupils, and 2) to examine a satisfaction level of different stakeholders through the use of the mobile application. Regarding the application design, the finding was that the course content of Thai intonation marks presented as animated fingers promoted the Thai pupils to learn Thai intonation marks pronounced by using finger counting. With respect to the results on the use of the application, the average of the post-test scores of the pupils was higher than the mean scores of their pre-tests (at the significance level of 0.05). In terms of the satisfaction levels of different stakeholders, the Thai teacher participants were among the groups who were most satisfied with the use of the application at a very good level ( = 4.51; S.D. = 0.34), while the Thai parent and the pupil participants showed their satisfaction at a good level ( = 4.44; S.D. = 0.32 for the parents and = 4.45; S.D. = 0.39 for the Thai pupils). The study results showed that the multimedia design was appropriate for the use of learning the Thai language in the way that the animations in the application improved pupils’ learning performance. Further studies on models and effects on the use of mobile applications for language learning were also suggested and discussed.
Volume 12 | Issue 3
Pages: 547-553
DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V12I3/20201222