Students learn English idioms through WhatsApp: Extensive use of smartphones

dc.contributor.authorŞahan, Özgür
dc.contributor.authorÇoban, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorRazı, Salim
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T19:20:42Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T19:20:42Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aims at investigating the effect of WhatsApp on teaching Englishidioms to EFL students. The data were collected from 33 B1 level students. Theresearchers provided the students with three idioms per week for five weeks viaWhatsApp. The participants found sample sentences, shared them in their WhatsAppgroups, and had discussions in English regarding the use and meaning of the idioms.Students were given an achievement test and a sub-sample group of students were interviewed to see the effectiveness of this application. The results revealed howstudents benefited from WhatsApp as a learning tool and their reactions to mobilelearning outside the classroom context. The findings highlight the place of mobilelearning in foreign language education.
dc.identifier.doi10.17556/jef.72045
dc.identifier.endpage1251
dc.identifier.issn2148-7510
dc.identifier.issn2148-7758
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage1230
dc.identifier.trdizinid320188
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17556/jef.72045
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/320188
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/14990
dc.identifier.volume18
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofErzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_TRD_20250125
dc.subjectEğitim
dc.subjectEğitim Araştırmaları
dc.subjectDil ve Dil Bilim
dc.titleStudents learn English idioms through WhatsApp: Extensive use of smartphones
dc.typeArticle

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