Education 4.0: Android-based application for Teaching English to Polytechnic Students

Abstract

Responding to the needs of Industry 4.0, a new paradigm arises: Education 4.0, whichis keeping up with the potential of digital technologies and mobile learning. The focus is now shifting to the use of the Android platform as it is widely used by today’s college students. The researchers developed an Android-based 'Technical English' application to support English teaching and learning process in Shipbuilding Institute of Polytechnic Surabaya. This application is also equipped with attractive visual images, dictionary and menu designed specifically for each study program. The software used in this research is ReactNative and its development method is based on the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) prototyping model. The result shows that the application has positive orientation in terms of ease of use, design, materials, and learning improvement. This also proves that Technical English app is good to be applied in English classes as it can motivate students to learn English and improve their skills.