Mohammed M. Alhawiti 
(University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia)

 

Abstract: This study aims to look at the effect of the WhatsApp method of learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP) students’ achievement at the community college of Tabuk in the academic year 2013/2014. The sample of the study consists of 36 students from the Administration Science Department at Tabuk Community College (TCC). In order to guarantee the uniformity of the participants, the students were randomly divided into two groups. The control group was taught by conventional methods, while the test group was taught through the proposed what’s App language learning method. The results revealed that the students in the experimental group showed significantly higher progress in ESP posttest terminology. The differences between the mean scores and the standard deviations of the two groups on the posttest were 52.83 for the control group and 67.50 for the experimental group, which mean that the results were statistically significant.

 

Key words: mobile learning, ESP, ICT, EFL