![]() ![]() Quasi-experimental research design with pre-test and post-test was employed to determine the differences between the scores of the control group (N=20) and the experimental group (N=20) developed by using random sampling. The present study intended to examine the efficiency of a mobile application on teaching 40 phrases from Nation and Martinez phrase test 1-5 compared to conventional activities. The use of these smartphone applications provides new insights for innovation and opportunities in language teaching and learning process. Mobile phone applications have several and wide ranging features. Smartphones have an essential role in day-today lives. In the current study, among many other suggestions it is proposed that the inclusion of mobile assisted language learning could be useful way of developing vocabulary for spoken proficiency of Saudi EFL learners. The analysis of the data showed that both teachers and learners indicated that lack of vocabulary is one of the major factors in students’ inability to speaking English. 20 EFL instructors and teachers of Preparatory Year Program (PYP) section of a public university and 110 EFL students participated in this study. A questionnaire was used for the responses from the students and an interview for the teachers to reveal their perceptions about the vocabulary hindrance in speaking skills. It aims to seek EFL teachers’ opinions on the extent to which lack of vocabulary has influence on EFL students’ performance in listening, and conversation classes, and in expressing their ideas and feelings, and especially in speaking skill. The current study explores the problems of lack of vocabulary that Saudi EFL students face with special focus on their speaking proficiency. ![]() However, literature lacks the studies where both English as a foreign language (EFL) students and teachers’ views are obtained to provide analyses of the situations in which learners are not showing desired results in speaking. Vocabulary learning verifies to play an important role in oral communication. Speaking in a foreign language is considered to be a challenging aspect of language learning that demands competence and mastery in learning any foreign language. ![]()
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