METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

INTERNATIONALSCIENCES, EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 7 | 2025 https://internationalsciences.org/ | Social Sciences and Humanities | October, 2025 96 DOI: https://10.5281/zenodo.17503311 METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING Suvanova Xayriniso Bahriddin qizi Teacher, Djizakh state pedagogical university E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT This article explores the pivotal role of smartphones and digital tools in enhancing vocabulary acquisition and language learning among students. With the widespread use of smartphones in daily life, their integration into educational environments has become both inevitable and beneficial. The study highlights the multifaceted use of smartphones—not only as devices of entertainment and communication—but also as dynamic learning tools that support vocabulary development through apps, games, music, multimedia content, and e-dictionaries. Drawing on classroom observations and practical applications, it demonstrates how mobile technology can create engaging, student-centered learning environments. The paper further outlines specific strategies such as changing device language settings, using audio-visual content, playing vocabulary-based games, and utilizing online platforms for autonomous learning. Findings from experimental classroom activities show improved learner motivation, better retention of vocabulary, and enhanced academic performance when digital tools are strategically incorporated. The study concludes that smartphones, when used effectively, can transform language learning into a more interactive, personalized, and impactful experience. Key words: smartphones, vocabulary development, educational technology, digital tools, language learning, mobile applications, classroom innovation. Smartphones are the most powerful technological gadgets of the current time and its multi-functional features have made it a very important part of the everyday routine for almost all people. Smartphones play a very significant role in almost every-thing an individual does in the day to day work. It is recognized as an important tool of work, entertainment, learning, teaching, etc. In addition to its effectiveness in different aspects of life, smartphones have also been recognized as an important educational tool that facilitates both learning and teaching process in the field of education. According to mobile technology is considered to be the recognized face of educational applications for the recent technologies. Although, many colleges and institutions did INTERNATIONALSCIENCES, EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 7 | 2025 https://internationalsciences.org/ | Social Sciences and Humanities | October, 2025 97 not welcome the use of smartphones by students during school hours previously and its use was recognized as a disruption for students’ learning, however, with the vast beneficial features that smartphones offer specifically for the benefit of learning and teaching, educators and policy makers in the field of education are already recognizing the smartphones as a powerful educational tool that could be used both by the students and teachers to facilitate their learning or teaching process. In addition, students of the 21st century are so much attached to the technological trends and it would be hard for them to even imagine not using it in their everyday life. According to students in colleges cannot stand it longer without checking their technological devices such as smartphones, laptops etc. When it comes to technology, students are the usually the first to jump into it and try the new technology and it is most likely that they would do innovation in finding new ways of utilizing the available technology, thus the study of smartphone use among students has to be of particular significance. However, mobile phones in the classroom have always been a controversial topic. Some teachers worry about the potential for student distraction, while others have decided to use them because they offer some positive learning benefits. The reality is that students, especially those ages 12-18, use smartphones on a daily basis. For most, smartphones are their device of choice, and nearly all 95% of all teens have them (Pew Research, 2018). Because this device is so commonplace, it makes sense to leverage its benefits. Furthermore, mobile phones and apps can help students to improve their vocabulary. As we all know, advantages of technology are more cheap, comfortable, modern, fast, effective, reliable and interactive than traditional way. Moreover, during the learning process learners have an opportunity to be good working with computer. They are able to communicate easily and clearly. The more use appropriate words during their speech the better listener can understand them Additionally, it is not so difficult to express their feelings, opinions and knowledge at the second language if they have enlarged vocabulary. It is irrefutable fact that technology is getting increase more and more in every sphere of our life nowadays, as well as educational system, especially, in language learning. Furthermore, the government pays great attention to develop ICT in educational system. It can be reasonable proof that the first President 1. Karimov declared a law which was about creating informational portal, Ziyonet, on September 28, 2005. As a result, using technology helps improve quality of education, moreover, inventions of 21 century give a chance learners to make themlearning process easy and effective. In addition, these days English language learners can’t imagine the learning procedure without gadgets, digital tools, internet, computer and multimedia. They are also extremely helpful to expand range of vocabulary. Actually, even within modem developing visual world, words play a role as a primary means of INTERNATIONALSCIENCES, EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 7 | 2025 https://internationalsciences.org/ | Social Sciences and Humanities | October, 2025 98 communication. It is demandable that learners should have enough vocabulary to become an effective language learner. It is real fact that using multimedia is not so complicated to learn new words by heart. So, there are a number of ways to improve vocabulary by using mobile devices. They are: Using mobile phones. Using mobile phones can provide comfortable and effective atmosphere of studying words for three reasons. At the first place learners can expand their vocabulary by listening, records in their mobile phones, According to human being’s nature young people tend to listen to music so that learners may record new words in their devices as their favorite and adorable songs or music. And then they can listen and sing those records. Perfect proof of how this strategy is useful is a film “Ron Clark” which is about a skillful school teacher. That teacher creates a new lyric which consists of numerous and difficult to memorize names and years of Presidents of USA for modern music. As a result, his students do their best during exams. At the second place, by changing language of mobile phones into English, learners can learn new technical words unplanned way when they come across those words a lot. Moreover, learners can save name of people linked with new words, for example, if learners should learn the word “Stubborn”, they can save name of person who is stubborn by nature. At the third place learners can utilize e-dictionary instead of real dictionary books. E-dictionary does not only help to find new words easily and quickly, but also can provide with pronunciation of those words. Using online websites and vocabulary software of games. Internet consists of majority of online websites to learn English autonomously. Generally speaking, some learners do not have ability to know what they should do or learn for their improvement. At that time, websites can be helpful for them. English websites provide very essential and important words for English learners. In that websites, not only learners can learn new words, but can check their pronunciation too. Additionally, those websites have a great supply of useful tests, handouts crossword puzzles and so forth. Those websites do not demand to waste time and money to go somewhere; learners just sit in a corner of the room and can gain knowledge as the same with ordinary tutor classes. Some suggested websites are MyEnglishTeacher.eu on Facebook, Babble, and English Vocabulary Dictionary (created by MyEnglishTeacher.eu itself) Secondly, most of people have come up with different solutions and ideas which are a bit boring to expand vocabulary. But what about the joy of playing games in learning process? It has been proven by several experiments that playing games have their important role in learning process. Because when learners are bored in reading, writing words, they can play interesting games on their mobile phones even in crowded bus or taxi conveniently. As we know the objects which are remembered every day are INTERNATIONALSCIENCES, EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 7 | 2025 https://internationalsciences.org/ | Social Sciences and Humanities | October, 2025 99 more memorable (2). On the other hand, there are a number of advantages to play games in learning process: · Learners do not get bored · Leamers can keep their time properly (instead of playing different games they play English games at the time they want to play something on their mobile phones) · Speed and quality of learning process is getting better by learning from visual and audio materials. · Learners can be motivated by relax able music, different pictures and funny figures of games. In fact, there are majority of games in Google play. Some suggested games are Learn English Vocabulary, Vocabulary Builder, Power Vocabulary Word Game, Volt Vocabulary 3. Using computers. While reaching top of improvement, computer is also advisable tool. Learners can watch English movies or different videos related to specific topics. It is a true fact that just learning new words by heart is not enough to enlarge vocabulary. The less the words are used in real life, the more they are forgotten. According to traditional way of teaching when we learn words we make a list of new words in our notebook. The main problem with learning new words is vocabulary list. Because we just focus on what words mean. But when we watch film learners can learn where and how words are used in reality. For example, learners learn “king” word. As we know from dictionary, it is “a man who rules a country because he is from a royal family (Longman dictionary)”. But if learners learn the word “King” through watching films, it can be a title in front of a person (e.g King Arthur). On the other hand, “King” is used in idiom like “a king’s ransom” which means “a very large amount of money”. This way learners do not only learn what each word means, but also how it is used. Moreover, it is useful to watch film with subtitle, because there are many words which express feeling or sound such as murmur, twinkle. When something is twinkling in the film, the word “twinkling” is written with brackets and learners can understand and memorize easily. In this technological world, every person should invite digital tools into their business because of being efficient and unique way to develop quickly. Briefly speaking, using technology supports confident atmosphere of learning, active, interesting, encouraging learning in words that are essential to vocabulary development. Additionally, having idea how to use technology is main factor of becoming successful and strategic learner. Literacy games and apps are also available online and for downloading, as well as reviews of educational software apps. Another great resource is a large variety of online books, often organized by subject, with the text and photos of each page easily seen on the screen by the student, who can click on the arrow to turn the page. For INTERNATIONALSCIENCES, EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 7 | 2025 https://internationalsciences.org/ | Social Sciences and Humanities | October, 2025 100 students who may not be keen on reading but love computers, online books can be useful teaching tool, as well as providing an easy way for a teacher to improve the classroom library. A great related feature of several websites is the information they support about the authors and illustrators of students’ books. Pupils in our classrooms, the use of online applications is second nature. All we, as teachers and ICT coordinators, need do is introduce them to the on line apps that can help unlock their creativity and collaborative skillsand help their study, revision and organization. The findings of the research are definitely useful and appropriate for teachers, according to the ways and approaches of using technological methods in the classroom are utilized in the experimental classroom. In order to make the lesson more digital, technological devices are chosen to be used as follows: Laptop. Laptop is admitted to be the best tool of the technological devices in education, since it gives thousands of functions to make the lesson easier and more interesting. The objective of the laptop is to use the e-platform to check student’s attendance and evaluate them. Next objective of them is to use to put on music and tracks and show videos. Projector. Projector is the tool which helps to make the screen bigger to be visible for the students. The function of the projector is to make the video bigger for the students. The technological methods based experiments were conducted for a month in March.The students were the same as traditional lesson. The lesson was conducted in a motivating and inspiring manner so that the vast majority of the classroom was excited and interested in the classroom. The well-prepared lesson plan was the main guideline for the two lessons. The materials in lesson plan are taken from different Internet resources. The usage of technology in the classroom was well-organized so that no technical errors happened during two lessons. The all findings are recorded to the Checklist. Moreover, the teacher has observed attentively in the classroom in order to have clear differences and similarities between two types of the lesson. Besides that The answers which was determined before starting the experiments are replied with detailed data and statistics. After implementing the technological methods, in order to check not only their understanding but also the academic achievement, the test was conducted among students. And it was compared with the results of first experiments based on traditional methods. 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