Reviewing ICT Applications for Language Assessment

Name: Nida’ Faticha Risalah

Students Number: 20201111013

NO	Guidelines for Application Review
1.	Application	Learn English Vocabulary
2.	Application Category	Mobile Application
3.	Relevance	4, Strong connection between app’s purpose and student learning (learning objectives) Because, this application supports student learning with lots of vocabulary practice.
4.	Feedback	4, Student is provided specific feedback. Because, this application provides direct feedback, such as when working on the correct or incorrect scores, and if it is wrong, there will be a correct answer.
5.	Ease of Use	4, Student can open and operate the app independently. Because this application has features that are very easy for students to understand, so I think students can use it independently.
6.	Engagement	4, Student is highly motivated to use the app. Because, this application is interesting because of the pictures, it has 2 sounds (pronunciation) normal and a little slow (which is easy to understand) and lots of features for practice.
7.	Sharing	3, Student performance records and products are available, but sharing is limited. Because, this application has a practice feature that can only be accessed by students who have this application, so only the owner knows the results or grades and feedback, student products cannot be seen or shared with others.
8.	Accessibility & Cost	3, Accessible on all mobile phone and tablet platforms (e.g., iOS and Android). Not all functions are available free of charge. Because, in this application there are several features such as removing ads and opening several topics that pay.
9.	How to use/apply it in ELT?	We can use it to practice and test vocabulary, listening, speaking, writing by working on questions that are already in the application. Teacher can monitor student work by asking students to send results or directly view them on the student application with students showing the results to the teacher (work in class).
10.	What is the impact of it for ELT?	The impact for ELT is that students can be motivated to learn English interactively with vocabulary pictures that are already available in the application and students are easy to remember, making it easier to know student test results in vocabulary, writing, speaking and listening.
11.	What are the advantages of it?	The advantages of this application are that it can be used offline (unlocked topics), there are flashcards equipped with sounds to increase vocabulary, and vocabulary, writing, speaking, listening test questions.
12.	What are the limitations/weaknesses of it?	The limitation or weakness of this application is that it cannot access some topics because it is paid and cannot share test results directly with teachers (teachers must see in person if they want to know test results).
13	What language skills or components would it be effective for?	I think Learn English Vocabulary is effective for speaking, writing, listening, vocabulary, and pronunciation, because it has interesting features.
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