English Language Teaching and Research
Vol 1, No 1 (2017)

SMARTPHONE APPLICATION: A REVIEW OF POTENTIAL USE FOR NURSING STUDENTS

Fitri Handayani (Universitas Mahaputra Muhammad Yamin Solok, Sumatera Barat)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2017

Abstract

The advancement of Smartphone application has brought significant changes to people’s life.  The Smartphone is not only used as a communication tool but also lead people to do certain activities in multiple ways. Those ways include accessing information, looking for entertainment, making photos and videos, playing games, and using specific application features. For medical students, especially nursing students, using a medical application in the Smartphone can be one of the potential ways in learning English easily. It provides them an opportunity to get some types of learning activities meaningfully.  They can use of image and animation on the apps to learn basic medical English, create, share and reflect English medical materials through audio or text, and gain the information about healthcare domain. Thus, this paper gives a brief discussion of using Smartphone application in English language teaching by highlighting few samples of application and activities for nursing students. Key words: Smartphone application, nursing students, medical English

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eltar

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Prodi S2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS Universitas Negeri Padang menggelar Konferensi Nasional Pengajaran Bahasa Inggris dan Riset bertajuk "ELTAR Conference. Konferensi ini telah dilaksanakan pertama kali pada tanggal 18-19 September 2017 di Gedung FBS Universitas Negeri Padang. Selanjutnya ...