M-learning (BrainLang) app and listening skills

Abstract

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the BrainLapp app in the listening skill of students in the 2nd year of Baccalaureate (BGU) parallel "A" morning section of the Educational Unit "17 d Abril". This study had a quantitative approach. The study had the participation of 80 students, 40 for the experimental group parallel “A” (treatment) and 40 for the control group parallel “B”. The researcher applied a pre-test where the data obtained by the Cambridge standardized test KET (A2) were analyzed. The same ones that allowed for diagnosing the initial level of the students' listening skill, the experimental group obtained a general average of 4.82 and the control group a 4.91 out of 10, with these results the students demonstrated a deficit in their listening skill since they did not reach the minimum of 7. After the diagnosis, the investigation included 10 interventions in the classroom of the experimental group, in which the BrainLang application was used with different activities through audiovisual resources. Subsequently, the post-test was applied, the general mean was 8.51 in the experimental group, while the control group had a general mean of 5.02 out of 10 points. It was evidenced that the interventions through the activities using audiovisual resources offered by the BrainLang application helped students improve their listening skills. All the information collected was analyzed using the SPPS software to verify the hypothesis proposed in the investigation, which was accepted. In conclusion, this shows that the students had an improvement in their listening skills in English through the activities through the use of audiovisual resources proposed by the BrainLnag application