Students’ Perceptions on Implementing App “Hallo” in Enhancing English Speaking Skills

Abstract

 “Hallo” is a mobile application allowing the users to make random conversations with real foreigners all around the world. Currently, there is little research conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of employing the app “Hallo” into teaching and learning languages. The purpose of the study was to investigate the students’ perceptions towards the implementation of app “Hallo” into enhancing English speaking skills. Data were collected from twenty-five sophomores from Faculty of Foreign Languages at a Vietnamese University through a questionnaire and an interview. The findings showed that English majors considered the app “Hallo” as a motivational tool to enhance their English speaking skills and had significantly positive attitudes towards making daily conversations with other users on this app. The study suggests that the app “Hallo” should be recommended for other levels of students.