Development of Smartphone-Based Online Resource for Chinese Vocabulary Memorization Skills for Students Enrolled in Chinese for Communication Course at Uttaradit Rajabhat University

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) develop a smartphone-based online resource for Chinese vocabulary memorization skills for students at Uttaradit Rajabhat University, with an 80/80 efficiency rate, 2) compare students’ achievement in Chinese vocabulary memorization before and after learning using a smartphone-based online resource, and 3) investigate students’ satisfaction toward learning using a smartphone-based online resource. The sample group consisted of 27 students who registered in the course “Chinese for Communication” during the second semester of the 2023 academic year which were selected by using a purposive sampling technique. The research instruments were a smartphone-based online resource, a Chinese vocabulary memorization achievement test, and a satisfaction assessment form. The statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results showed that the efficiency of a smartphone-based online resource for Chinese vocabulary memorization skills E1/E2 was at 82.74/85.93, which was higher than the specified criteria (80/80). The achievement of students in Chinese vocabulary memorization after studying was significantly higher than before studying at a statistical level of 0.05. Overall, students were very satisfied with studying using a smartphone-based online resource for Chinese vocabulary memorization skills at a high level.