Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences
Online ISSN : 2185-9132
Print ISSN : 1342-8810
ISSN-L : 1342-8810
Development and evaluation of an English learning system using smartphones in Japanese dental hygiene education
Akane TakenouchiMasayo SunagaYuki OharaTakashi MatsukuboAtsuhiro Kinoshita
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2019 Volume 66 Issue 3 Pages 51-58

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Purpose: To develop and evaluate the effects of an English learning system using smartphones in Japanese dental hygiene education. Methods: Forty-three third-year undergraduate university dental hygiene students took a preliminary examination and then were randomly divided into two groups, Group I or II, according to their results to make the English level of each group approximately equal. Group I took examination A as a pre-examination and examination B as a post-examination. Group II took examination B as a pre-examination and examination A as a post-examination. Each examination was composed of dental terminology and speaking sections. All participants studied English learning materials via a learning management system, which included a series of four subtopics related to dental caries prevention, as re- and self-learning. Results: In the terminology section, both groups showed significantly higher post-examination scores than pre-examination scores, regardless of which examination (A or B) was taken as the pre-examination (Group I: p < 0.0001, Group II: p =0.0025). Conclusions: The English learning system using smartphones developed in this study effectively increased participants’ dental English vocabulary. English speaking skills showed no improvement and another learning style should be evaluated in a future study.

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