The Proliferation of Smartphones and their Effects on Improving the Vocabulary of Indonesian Learners of Arabic

Yusring Sanusi Baso, Rusnadi Padjung, Prastawa Budi

2018

Abstract

This article aims to describe the use of the smartphone as a media to improve the mastery of students Arabic vocabulary (mufradat). The participants in this study are students who are studying Arabic for the second and the third years of the Arabic at Hasanuddin University. The number of participants is 32 and 33 people for the respective batch. The researcher has created a mufradat database in an html-based interactive application, which is easily accessed via a smartphone or tablet. The testing of media effectiveness level in improving mufradat mastery is done through the experimental and control group. Both groups can use PC facilities available in the computer lab to access the mufradat database. Both groups can also use their smartphone to access the online interface. The difference is only in the memorization report of the mufradat and the competency test. Experimental groups use smartphone media to report their memorization. The control group report their memorization through a daily vocabulary record and tested by using written test. The results show that the experimental group indicates better mastery than the control group. The average memorization of the experimental group is 1432 vocabularies while the control group only reaches an average of 532 vocabularies.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Baso Y., Padjung R. and Budi P. (2018). The Proliferation of Smartphones and their Effects on Improving the Vocabulary of Indonesian Learners of Arabic.In Improving Educational Quality Toward International Standard - Volume 1: ICED-QA, ISBN 978-989-758-392-6, pages 143-147. DOI: 10.5220/0008681701430147

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iced-qa18,
author={Yusring Sanusi Baso and Rusnadi Padjung and Prastawa Budi},
title={The Proliferation of Smartphones and their Effects on Improving the Vocabulary of Indonesian Learners of Arabic},
booktitle={Improving Educational Quality Toward International Standard - Volume 1: ICED-QA,},
year={2018},
pages={143-147},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008681701430147},
isbn={978-989-758-392-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Improving Educational Quality Toward International Standard - Volume 1: ICED-QA,
TI - The Proliferation of Smartphones and their Effects on Improving the Vocabulary of Indonesian Learners of Arabic
SN - 978-989-758-392-6
AU - Baso Y.
AU - Padjung R.
AU - Budi P.
PY - 2018
SP - 143
EP - 147
DO - 10.5220/0008681701430147