Students’ Awareness On Using Mobile Apps For English Language Learning

The development of technology is one of the factors that support students in the education process. Mobile apps are considered one of the solutions and tools to help students in the technological era. In this study, researchers conducted an in-depth investigation of students' awareness of using mobile apps to enhance students' student skills. This research used qualitative methods and the data was collected through semi-structured interviews, giving eight questions to 6 participants. The population of this study was students of the Department of English Language Education at Ar-Raniry Islamic University, which totaled about 132 of the 2019 batch. The results showed that the findings showed that the use of mobile apps is essential and effective for students in practicing and improving their skills. Mobile apps are one of the learning alternatives for students because they can be accessed anywhere and for free. Mobile apps can also be a suitable tool for improving their English skills because most mobile apps provide exciting and useful features for students.