Language Learning Guide Mobile Application

• Main Author: Arcay Pabillaran, Ruby Isabel
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2013
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13583/1/Thesis_13486_Ruby%20Isabel.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13583/

While traveling around the world, a lack of common language is often encountered. This can be a reason of not truly experiencing the country and the people that one is visiting. Thus, knowing even just a little of the local language will be a great advantage for any foreigner visiting or staying in another country. This project focuses on developing a mobile application that would aid any traveller or foreigner here in Malaysia in learning to converse in the local language for a better stay. This project also attempts to find the effective, efficient and interesting ways to learn a language. It is focused in providing the user the basic conversations that a foreigner will mostly/likely encounter while visiting or staying in Malaysia. The application is for foreigners who can speak English and is trying to learn Bahasa Malaysia. The android platform is chosen for the development of the application and coding with Java and Eclipse were used. The research and survey done resulted in the findings that using visual-audio sensory and interactive techniques will provide a more engaging and thus a more effective way of learning. With this implemented in the application, results of the user acceptance test showed that with the mobile application, an increase of the competency of the users’ Bahasa Malaysia speaking skills is observed.