Students’ Perception Towards the Use of Mobile Phones in Learning English as a Foreign Language

Abstract

Nowadays, mobile phones start to take part in the process of EFL learning. With the development of technology, EFL learners are able to learn through their mobile phones. However, the incorporation of technology in teaching and learning should take into account the learners’ perception on it. Correspondingly, this study looked at how EFL learners perceive the use of mobile phones in their learning. To get the data, this qualitative descriptive study used interview questions adapted from Suki & Suki (2011). There were eight students participated in this study. The results showed that the learners’ perceptions could be categorized into 5 different themes, namely their willingness to adopt the technology, the improvement of their knowledge, the casual usage of mobile phones, technical problems, and the performance of the mobile phones. However, all of the participants agreed that despite their positive perceptions toward the use of mobile phones in their learning, mobile phones could not change face-to-face meetings in the classrooms.