Hayat, Ali <br/><br/>
THE ROLE OF MOTIVATION AND INFORMATIONAL SOCIAL INFLUENCE THEORY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DUOLINGO APP / 
ALİ HAYAT ; SUPERVISOR, PROF. DR. EMRE DEBRELI 
 - 61 sheets;   30 cm  +1 CD ROM 
<br/><br/>Thesis (MA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research English Language Teaching 
<br/><br/> This study focuses on the link between motivation and the Informational Social<br/>Influence theory into the context of language learning for a learner. The study used<br/>exploratory method and Google app store user reviews (Duolingo app) of languagelearning<br/>apps as data collection to be the main and secondary sources of data. These<br/>reviews pointed out what were positive and negative about the app. The reviews<br/>showed that the app can assist users improve their language skills and get them to use<br/>it more by showing them that other people like it. However, negative comments<br/>about things such as slow opening times, annoying ads, and software crashes could<br/>make users angry and less likely to keep trying. Within educational social<br/>psychology context where motivation and information social influence theory are<br/>moving side by side for language learning apps, analyzing the data was about to look<br/>at the content of the reviews, code it, and define for trends and patterns linked to<br/>motivation and peer pressure under the umbrella of social fluence theory. The results<br/>of the data analysis will be shown, along with a discussion of the methods used and<br/>how reliable and valid the study is. There is very clear similar effect between<br/>motivation and social influence theory that users are taking their decisions for<br/>language learning app (Duolingo). 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English Language--Study and teaching--Dissertations, Academic