USE OF UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

This case study aims at revealing EAP (English for academic purposes) learners’ experiences in\rand perceptions about using ubiquitous computing technology. Data were collected through interviews\rcarried out with eleven students who were prepared to take the foreign language (English) exams for\racademic purposes in a private language course in Turkey. Face-to-face interviews consisted of fifteen\ropen-ended questions. Data were collected through the audio recordings of interviews and then examined\rby content analysis method, and then, codes, categories, and themes were obtained. The findings of this\rstudy revealed that all of the participants were continuously and actively using ubiquitous computing\rtechnologies and thought ubiquitous computing technologies had several advantages in learning English\rfor academic purposes such as continuous and permanent learning, quick access to information,\rpreventing the waste of time, and interacting with other learners. However, some disadvantages and\rlimitations of ubiquitous computing technologies such as technical and infrastructural problems,\rinformation pollution, and inadequacies in the translation of terms were also considered.