fit the technology and environment fit the task, 9 some, possibly most, learners will need guidance and training to effectively use mobile devices for language learning,
10 recognize and accommodate multiple stakeholders. These principles are based on the consideration of physical, pedagogical, and psycho-social dimensions and
additional literature from multiple resources as the initial basis for developing and implementing mobile language learning.
B. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
The setting of the research is at ‘Aisyiyah Health Sciences College of Yogyakarta. The Midwifery students of ‘Aisyiyah Health Sciences College of
Yogyakarta have English lesson once in a week in their first until fourth semester. However, the number of meetings is unlikely to give them enough exposure of
English. The Quality Insurance Department of STIKES ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta reported that there are less than 5 who have their research reports’ or theses’
defenses in English and less than 30 of students in the academic year 2014 who have 450 score of TOEFL. They need to have 450 score of TOEFL as a requirement
of graduation starting from 2015 and they need to be fluent in English if they want to get better score in the thesis defense and get the better job for their career. The
problem is they need more exposure and speaking practices because the English class for one meeting a week in four semesters might not be enough for their exposures.
The Midwifery students need supplementary materials that they can learn anytime and anywhere in their free time without time and dimension limitation.
C. PROBLEM LIMITATION
The research deals with developing an Android application model as supplementary materials to help the first semester of midwifery students to improve
their speaking competence. The application will enable them to learn the useful vocabulary, useful expressions, and dialogues related to their subjects which aim to
give them more exposure in speaking. The application also will give them opportunities to practice speaking outside the classroom.
D. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research question of this research is What does an iconic android application model to improve the midwifery students’ speaking competence look like?
E. RESEARCH GOALS
The objective of this research is to present the iconic model of android application to improve midwifery students speaking competence.
F. RESEARCH BENEFITS
