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Mobile Learning of Language for Specific Purposes: From Course Design to User Testing
(and other languages) is analysed by our colleagues at partner institutions.
Of the 32 participants, 15 were female and 17 were male. Most of them are
students in the field of information technology with intermediate or ad-
vanced English skills. All 32 participants tested the exercises in the ‘Stu-
dent’ category. In addition, 7 participants tested the exercises in the ‘Ad-
ministrative Staff’ category and 7 in the ‘Teacher’ category.
Survey
The survey consisted of a total of 27 questions divided into 4 categories:
1. Questions about the participant (gender, home university, age, etc.);
2. Questions about the technical aspects of the LanGuide application
(functionalities, font size, colours, simplicity, etc.);
3. Questions about the participant’s approach to learning (prior expe-
rience with similar applications, learning routine, regularity of using
the application, etc.);
4. Questions about the general experience of learning English with the
LanGuide application (most useful modules, usefulness of a certain
type of exercises, etc.).
All project members agreed to the questions in the survey before its dis-
tribution.
The Analysis of the User Feedback
Questions about the Participants
The first group of questions was dedicated to general information regard-
ing the participants, with which we collected information about the age,
gender, home university, etc. of the participants. Based on this informa-
tion, we were able to filter out the participants whose home university was
the University of Rijeka and who solved English language tasks.
Questions about the Technical Aspects of the LanGuide Application
There were eight questions that evaluated the technical aspects of the Lan-
Guide app. A five-point Likert scale was used, and participants had to rate
the level of agreement with each of the 7 statements by selecting one of
the five options – Strongly agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree and Strongly
disagree. The final item in this section was an open-ended question that
asked participants to provide additional comments about the app, partic-
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(and other languages) is analysed by our colleagues at partner institutions.
Of the 32 participants, 15 were female and 17 were male. Most of them are
students in the field of information technology with intermediate or ad-
vanced English skills. All 32 participants tested the exercises in the ‘Stu-
dent’ category. In addition, 7 participants tested the exercises in the ‘Ad-
ministrative Staff’ category and 7 in the ‘Teacher’ category.
Survey
The survey consisted of a total of 27 questions divided into 4 categories:
1. Questions about the participant (gender, home university, age, etc.);
2. Questions about the technical aspects of the LanGuide application
(functionalities, font size, colours, simplicity, etc.);
3. Questions about the participant’s approach to learning (prior expe-
rience with similar applications, learning routine, regularity of using
the application, etc.);
4. Questions about the general experience of learning English with the
LanGuide application (most useful modules, usefulness of a certain
type of exercises, etc.).
All project members agreed to the questions in the survey before its dis-
tribution.
The Analysis of the User Feedback
Questions about the Participants
The first group of questions was dedicated to general information regard-
ing the participants, with which we collected information about the age,
gender, home university, etc. of the participants. Based on this informa-
tion, we were able to filter out the participants whose home university was
the University of Rijeka and who solved English language tasks.
Questions about the Technical Aspects of the LanGuide Application
There were eight questions that evaluated the technical aspects of the Lan-
Guide app. A five-point Likert scale was used, and participants had to rate
the level of agreement with each of the 7 statements by selecting one of
the five options – Strongly agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree and Strongly
disagree. The final item in this section was an open-ended question that
asked participants to provide additional comments about the app, partic-
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