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The main intent of this research is identifying attitudes and practices improving English language skills through mobile applications in secondary schools teachers in Awi zone. This day has becoming digital throughout life. Being assisted by the technology, it is good to build a valuable attitude and engage in tasks to progress English language skills using MAs is why the researchers conducted this research. To achieve the objectives, descriptive survey research design and mixed research approach were held. Observation, interview, and questionnaire were data collection tools. Furthermore, mixed data analysis method was applied. SPSS version 23 was used for the quantitative data and analyzed using descriptive statistics like mean, percentage, and portrayed in tables; qualitative data on the other hand, were mixed with quantitative data. The outcomes showed that ELTs have positive attitudes, but they sometimes practice to develop their ELS through MAs. Finally, it is recommended the government of Ethiopia should fulfill the access of connection throughout rural towns which have high schools; the ministry of education should provide educational materials apart from the textbooks and commercial references, and language skills and information communication technology instructors should provide need based training for the English language teachers at high schools.
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Asratie, M.G., Aylet, Y.T. & Alebachew, M.G. Attitudes and practices to improve english language skills through mobile applications: in the case of secondary schools english language teachers awi zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Educ Inf Technol 27, 8489–8518 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-10905-z
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