MOBILE APPLICATION FOR THE LEARNING OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE FOURTH GRADE

Abstract

The incorporation of technologies in pedagogical practices implies greater integration of the school in the context of the information society. This implies a necessary step from Information and Communication Technologies to Learning and Knowledge Technologies. That is to say, to school the technologies, to take them to the classrooms and to give them sense and pedagogical utility. The use of technological means in the teaching-learning process gives way to the growth of mobile learning or m-learning. Mobile devices have become common tools, offering a wide range of effects that can include teaching and learning. Therefore, students are able to actively contribute to the development of innovative educational uses of technology, since they are intertwined with other aspects of their lives in spontaneous learning, teaching practices and intersecting with everyday life. Research carried out confirms the existence of problems in the learning of the English language in the students. In order to eradicate this problem, it is proposed to implement a mobile application that allows a better development of the basic skills of the English language, increase the motivation and the study of this subject in primary education specifically in fourth grade. For the implementation of the mobile application, the Mobile-D methodology was used in an integrated development environment, Android Studio and the Java programming language.