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Mobile English Learning Application

By

Bechir Adown Y akhouba lbet

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Bachelor of Technology (Hons) (Information & Communication Technology)

MAY2011

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar

31750 Tronoh Perak Darul Ridzuan

CERTIFICATION OF APPROVAL

Mobile English Learning By

Bechir Adoum Y akhouba Ibet A project dissertation submitted to the

Information and Communication Technology Programme Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

In partial fulfilhnent of the requirements for the BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (Hons)

(INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY)

Approved by,

(Mr. Saipunidzam Bin Mahamad)

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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS TRONOH, PERAK

MAY20ll

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CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITY

This is to certify that I am responsible for the work submitted in this project, that the original work is my own except as specified in the references and acknowledgements, and that the original work contained herein have not been undertaken or done by unspecified sources or persons.

Bechir Adoum Y akhouba lbet

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, I would like to put all my gratitude to Allah s.w.t. for giving me strength and pink of health to complete this project on the specific time. Not to excluded, thank you to my parents, family and friends for being supportive and giving advices to help on making this project successful.

Personally, I would like to thank my supervisor, Mr. Saipunidzam Bin Mahamad for his encouraging me to complete this project and all the support and guidance throughout this project. Added, I also want to thank the entire lecturer participating during this project timeline.

Next I also like to put my appreciation to Universiti Teknologi Petronas in particular Information and Communication Technology Department for providing me with important training classes and resources to accomplish my task and project. This also could enrich my knowledge for future use.

Finally, as a student and a person, I thanks to all individual who contribute towards my project either directly or indirectly.

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ABSTRACT

Mobile phone is an electronic telecommunication devices connected to a wireless communication network through a satellite transmission which is very important nowadays as it assists reduces time and cost to exchange messages and information from one person to another. The Mobile English Learning is going to be developed with realizing that learning English is very important aspect in a primary school and the early childhood years. The application will develop the children to the technology by making the flash games online. It is aimed to be a mobile learning for primary school in teaching and learning English language by integrating the open mind of student. In developing the application, the scope of study is the mobile English learning in primary school students and teachers. Moreover it also covers the approach and pedagogy applying in the primary school to assure the compatibility with the students itself. The waterfall prototype is the chosen method in developing this application to ensure that the final system will go well with the end users. The result from the studies is converted to the draft design and storyboards of the system are discussed later in this report. In conclusion the application is not only creating a pleasurable learning for the primary school students but also help the teachers in analyzing the progress and language development of their students. This application not only profits the student but also the teachers and management. Via the development of this application, students can fully utilize the usage of mobile phone and it assists reduces education's complexity such as lack of time to do online reading or learning. This is the raison why the development of the Mobile English Learning application was proposed with the hope that it would influenced primary school students' education in a positive way and create excellent education environment.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER l:INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background of Study . 1

1.2 Problem Statement 2

1.3 Project Objectives 3

1.4 Scope of Project 3

1.5 Feasibilities 4

CHAPTER 2:LITERATURE REVIEW 5

2.1 Introduction 5

2.2 Java 2 Micro Editor 7

2.3 SymbianOS 7

2.4 Montessori Methods 8

CHAPTER 3:METHODOLOGY . 9

3.1 Introduction 9

3.2 Planning Phase 10

3.3 Analysis Phase 10

3.4 Design Phase . 10

3.5 lnlplementation Phase. 11

3.6 Testing Phase . 11

3.7 Project Timeline 12

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