The priority of education development is the introduction of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), in particular - technologies of mobile learning, providing improvement of teaching and educational process, accessibility and effectiveness of education for personal development according to individual inclinations, abilities, based on lifelong learning. Due to rapid expansion, proliferation and increasing of functionality of mobile technologies we should use their potential to improve and facilitate learning, ensuring accessibility, equity, individualization and flexibility. The analysis of the basic features and benefits of mobile technologies for lifelong learning was conducted. The model using mobile learning technologies for learning English phonetics is proposed in the article. The mobile application allows organizing the learning process of English practical phonetics. This article describes the methodical implementation of the proposed model for learning of English phonetics. Modern education in many countries, including Ukraine, foresees the necessity of learning of foreign languages. The proposed mobile learning technologies help to achieve the main aim of learning foreign languages - forming the general and professional communicative competence of specialists in the globalized society.
This article describes the processes of developing and implementing the model of
using mobile learning technologies for English learning using the mobile app, which
is designed to teach practical English phonetics. Its main purpose is to increase
English communicative competence and professional competence of specialists in a
globalized society based on lifelong learning. As stated in the Project of the National
Strategy of the Development of Education in Ukraine for 2012-2021 years, the aims
of the National Strategy of Education are: increasing access to quality, competitive
education for citizens of Ukraine in accordance with the requirements of innovative
development of society, economy of the citizen; providing personal development
according to the individual inclinations, abilities, needs-based on lifelong learning [
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Analysis of recent researches has shown that the priority of education development is
the introduction of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), in
particular - mobile learning technologies that ensure the improvement of the
educational process, accessibility and effectiveness of education, young generation training
in the information society. It should be noted, mobile learning is a new educational
paradigm, where a new learning environment is created. Students can access to
learning materials at anytime and anywhere, making the learning process comprehensive
and motivation for continuing education and lifelong learning [
According to UNESCO, today there are more than six billion mobile phone
subscribers worldwide. Thus, each person who accesses the Internet from a computer
accounts two people, making it from the mobile device. Due to the widespread and
rapid expansion of functionality of mobile technologies, UNESCO enthusiastically
uses its potential to improve and facilitate learning, accessibility, justice,
individualization and flexibility for students. The European Commission is funding a number of
successful R & D projects focused on mobile learning. Over the years, these projects
have been gradually evolved from the development of hardware and software that is
targeting primarily at processes, to approach focused on the individual, in which
mobile technology plays an important role, along with a fixed technologies to support
learning in any anytime and anywhere [
In the definition of «mobile learning» given by S. Geddes [
Theory and practice of usage of mobile devices and mobile educational resources
in education is actively discussed at various scientific events. Since 2002, the
International Conference «MLearnCon» is held, which focuses on applying mobile
technologies in the context of learning and performance support, the strategies for integrating
these technologies into the training mix, and the best practices for designing,
developing, and delivering mobile content [
Mobile learning is a part of a new pattern of education, created by technology that
supports flexible, affordable, individual training. Daily use of students of mobile
phones and other devices (tablets, digital assistants, MP3 players, flash drives,
electronic-book readers and smartphones), which can be used in education, is now the
main incentive of mass distribution of mobile learning. It is important to note that
mobile technologies can help in the provision of quality education in the development
of children, youth and adults around the world, that is stated in the aims of the
UNESCO program «Education for All») [
The purpose of the article is the design and implementation of the model of usage mobile learning technologies as a means for formation of foreign language communicative competence.
Tasks: ● Analyze of main features and benefits of mobile technologies for lifelong learning ● Find the attitudes of students to use mobile learning technologies ● Design of the model of usage mobile learning in English learning ● Mobile Application of Development for English articulation phonetics ● Description of methodical implementation of the mobile learning model 4
It is widely recognized that the idea of mobile learning is based on the training
opportunities offered by mobile technologies. This method is most relevant when the
student is not in the predefined place. Student uses the situational approach and available
resources. Mobile learning also allows students to easily change places and conditions
and combine training in several schools. Mobile education implies the emergence of a
range of new methods of teaching and learning based on the belief that cooperation in
terms of the traditional classes are often not as effective as it hoped [
Mobile education is closely connected life with training and this type of activity is
not associated exclusively with the school or university [
Mobile learning is applied best as students’ queries support, communities and
social networks for training at the working place and etc. Mobile technologies allow
fixing students achievement, promoting social inclusion and supporting lifelong
learning (MOTILL) [
Advantages of Mobile learning for lifelong learning: Improving of access to learning resources regardless of time or location; Using of inexpensive everyday technologies (hardware and software); Choose the own learning rhythm; Supporting for popular ways of interaction (social networks, e-mail, phone calls,
SMS, forums, chat rooms); Fast and quality assessment and diagnosis of possible learning problems.
The adaptation of education to the changing needs of students, encouraging of
education continuing to renew and expand the received knowledge, creating a culture of
continuous learning, when students do not receive formal education, but also they get
to use the technologies of personal use for getting information and extension of the
scope of their knowledge are the powerful mobile learning tools to support continuing
education [
We conducted the questionnaire of students of the Kherson State University to determine their technical and psychological readiness for use of mobile learning technologies. 160 students of the Department of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science were questioned. The questionnaire showed that 99,4% of students have mobile telephones, 82% of which have smartphones, 33,1% have tablets, and 72,5% of students – notebooks.
Figure 1 shows the percentage of students’ phones that are equipped with the following technical features:1. Internet access; 2. 3G Internet access; 3. Play of MP3files; 4. Recorder; 5. Calculator; 6. Access to Java-applications (games, e-books, etc.); 7. Camera.
The technical equipment of mobile phones allows students more than 80% of them go online, use e-books, dictionaries and reference books, play audio files. Fig.2 shows which applications of mobile phones used by students, the numbers indicated by the following features: 1. standard browser to view web pages; 2. programs for viewing of e-mail; 3. ICQ / QIP / Jimm; 4. programs for reading e-books; 5. electronic dictionaries; 6. office software (Word analogs, Excel, etc.); 7. training programs; 8.music player; 9. video; 10. voice recorder; 11. calculator; 12. games.
Analyzing the answers, we can conclude that the most commonly used functions such students are mobile phones, the use of browsers for browsing the web, calculator, audio and video players, receiving and sending e-mail, instant messaging. All other technical phone features are used is significantly lower. Low uses a voice recorder, office software for mobile phones.
Thus, students are not using their own mobile phones learning opportunities, despite the rather high level of technical equipment. But whether they are prepared psychologically to the use of mobile phones in the training? To answer this question, we have offered the students to answer the questions:«Would you like to download on your mobile phone all the necessary books and manuals for learning?»; «Would you like to use Internet resources for learning?"; "Would you like to use mobile applications at preparing for classes to form the necessary skills?».
Analysis of the responses showed that 82% of students would like to upload to mobile phone all the necessary books and manuals for learning, and 18% of the students answered this question in the negative. In answering the second question, opinions were divided as follows: 96% of students wanted to use Internet resources for learning, others answered in negative. Only 58% of students would like to use mobile applications at preparing for classes to form the necessary skills, others do not consider it necessary. At the same time the need for the use of mobile technologies is increasing among students, depending on the year of study. Students were asked to choose the discipline that would be convenient to study with the help of mobile technologies. More than 80% of students have chosen the foreign language. This choice is defined by the need to form foreign language skills for future career, and for this purpose mobile technologies offered: dictionaries, electronic reference books, listening to audio files, watching videos, communicating with native speakers, etc. Thus, the students have sufficient technical capabilities and high level of preparedness for the use of mobile technologies in education.
Obviously, for the use of the new possibilities of mobile learning in the educational process it requires organizational, research and methodological work on the implementation of modern policies, forms and methods of mobile learning in the educational process. 6
Mobile learning model of foreign languages, based on the basic functions of
teaching and ICT opportunities; it includes a set of purposeful and orderly, and the
sequence of actions of the teacher and the student through joint and individual study of
structured training resources [
Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) is technology of language learning using handheld mobile devices such as mobile phones (cell phones), MP3- and MP4players, PDA, iPhone or iPad, and more. MALL is a subset of mobile learning (mlearning) and Computer AssistedLanguage Leaching (CALL). Taking the results of the analysis of existing developments, it has been designed the mobile app English Sounds to study English phonetics. The application has a simple and user-friendly design and intuitive interface. The mobile app English Sounds can be used by pupils, students, teachers, university professors and for self-study. The main aim of the mobile application is open the opportunity for the students quickly and easily learn the material in the articulation phonetics. It gets teachers the new pedagogical opportunity in education. The program includes systematic data in the pronunciation of English sounds. It will not only improve existing skills of pronunciation, but also improve the communicative and professional competence of future specialists. Home page (Fig.4) consists of a matrix of elements - sounds. Information ispresented structurally, so the division is made not only at vowels and consonants, but there is division on the subcategory (short/long, sonorous/ voiceless sound, etc.).It makes the navigation easier and search the sound faster.
The number of icons horizontally and their size was determined based on the maximum convenience, easy and accurately pressing the buttons on the devices of different screen resolutions. The matrix is organized in such way that all its elements (vertical) fit on the two screens.
After clicking on the sound icon at the main page, there is a redirect at the page with information about it (Fig. 4).
YouTube tab has view of the embedded video, which is already included the word examples and comments about the correct formulation of the lips and tongue in the pronunciation. There is need the Internet connection to view it (Wi-Fi, etc.).
The application is implemented with mobile devices of OS Android version 4, 5, 6. In addition to Java-programming, there are tools for software development: system of automatically assembly Gradle, built on Apache Ant principles and Apache Maven; IDE Android Studio; Custom TextBox with Typeface of fonts ofDosis; YouTube API; component for playback SoundPool.
In particular, the mobile application was developed according to technical requirements that apply to educational software. Thus, according to the international standard ISO / IEC 9126 there is list of basic requirements:• Functionality;• Reliability;• Usability;• Efficiency;• Maintainability;• Portability.
Compliance with requirements at designing software allows creating a really high quality product. Its usage in the educational process will allow implementing an effective learning.
Most of today's pupils and students are technically and psychologically prepared for
the use of mobile technology in education. Mobile learning technologies can be a
good addition to the traditional ones thanks to its advantages: availability, efficiency,
individualization, flexibility [
For effective use of the potential of mobile learning the mutual efforts on the part of educational leaders, software developers, trainers and teachers are required. 9