Development and Testing of Mobile Assisted Language Learning Application to Improve Oral Clinical Case Presentation of Student Nurses

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https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v17i15.41675

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mobile assisted language learning application (MALL), oral case presentation (OCP), student nurses, effectiveness, user satisfaction, English language training, m-learning.

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Background: Nurses’ oral case presentation is a core clinical communication skill with distinctivelinguistic qualities that require specific language training. The present paper is auser feedback analysis of a start-up Mobile Assisted Language Learning application (MALLapp) developed and implemented to provide English language training to improve OralCase Presentation (OCP) of student nurses pursuing baccalaureate degrees from a nursingcollege in South India. Objective: The aim was to develop and test an Android based OCPMALLapplication for user acceptability and effectiveness in improving OCP performanceand decreasing the perceived language difficulty. Methodology: Sixty-two student nursesfrom a reputed nursing college in Chennai, South India, using Android mobile phonesparticipated in the study. All the participants were given access and instructions on theuse of OCP-MALL app. A comparison of pre and post-test of perceived level of languagedifficulty and OCP pre and post score along with users’ acceptance were collected. Results:The users’ acceptability showed that all participants rated the clarity in reading the textwith highest mean score of 8.29 and std of 1.276, simplicity in navigation – moving to nextpage with next highest mean score of 8.19 and std of 1.526, clarity in text application layoutwith a mean score of 8.14 and std of 1.497 and user friendliness of the application witha mean score of 8.13 and std of 1.393. Conclusion: This startup OCP-MALL app user satisfactionfeedback proves that

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2023-08-09

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Cynthia Milton, Aruna Subramaniam, S. Sridevi, & S. Ganesh Kumar. (2023). Development and Testing of Mobile Assisted Language Learning Application to Improve Oral Clinical Case Presentation of Student Nurses. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 17(15), pp. 171–188. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v17i15.41675

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Vol. 17 No. 15 (2023)

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