Monther M. Elaish|Norjihan Abdul Ghani|Liyana Shuib|Ahmed Al-Haiqi
Development of a Mobile Game Application to Boost Students’ Motivation in Learning English Vocabulary
University of Malaya|University of Malaya|University of Malaya|Universiti Tenaga Nasional
currently power master english language become prominent academia research business therefore many nonenglish speaking countries including arab countries striving improve education systems teaching english foreign language english vocabulary important factor boost english proficiency among arab students moreover arab countries lack motivation among learners english foreign language affects learning process students digital gaming technologies especially mobile games emerging best way create enthusiasm learning new languages therefore mobile application named vocabgame developed based set persuasive guidelines launched google play store paper investigated whether developed vocabgame motivate native arab students learning english language achieve better performance sixtyfour students divided equally two groups control group highperformance group experimental group lowperformance group students experimental group improved motivation level significantly mobile learning intervention findings showed mobile game application helpful students poor performance initially studying english improves confidence also association pretest posttest scores according motivation learn based analysis covariate analysis p2 0148 mobile application game successfully developed motivate arab native students learn english secondary language