University Students’ Perceptions of MALL in EFL Classes

Kwangsawad, Thooptong

doi:10.22158/selt.v7n1p75

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“…The limitations of this article consist in a small sample of the respondents, as well as in the use of only one survey method. However, the results comply with the findings of other research studies on this topic [3,6,7,13,14,16,37].…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 91%

“…They reported that it had been more fun, less stressful, easy to use, and a better way to learn than from the textbooks. This is in line with a research study by Kwangsawad [13] and Elaish et al [19], who reported that their students also had found using smartphones in EFL classes more fun, beneficial and productive. Similar findings were provided by Deris and Shukor [14].…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…For instance, the findings by Tayan [9] showed that 85% of university students and 100% of teachers thought that mobile learning could act as a motivational stimulus for learning a foreign language. This is also connected with the fact that students generally have a positive attitude towards the implementation of mobile devices into foreign language classes [13,14].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Students’ Perceptions of an EFL Vocabulary Learning Mobile Application

Klímová

Poláková

2020

Education Sciences

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Mobile devices have penetrated all spheres of human activities, including education. Previous research has shown that smartphones are becoming widely used in learning as they can improve knowledge retention and increase student engagement. The purpose of this study was to discuss students’ perception of the use of a mobile application aimed at learning new English vocabulary and phrases and describe its strengths and weaknesses as perceived by the students. In total, 28 university students answered a pen and paper questionnaire survey after experiencing the app during one semester. Overall, the students’ agreement to the positive aspects displayed in the questionnaire prevailed over their disagreement or neutral opinions. The mobile app helped students prepare for the final achievement test, learning was accessible from anywhere and at any time, students appreciated the corrective feedback and would opt for the implementation of the mobile app in other courses taught at the faculty. On the other hand, as the findings indicate, the students reported that the app was not very supportive regarding communication performance; they did not find the teachers’ notifications encouraging and they did not use the pronunciation support much, which was caused by various factors, such as offering students words and phrases without context or not testing all the items in the final credit test. The findings of this study contribute to the existing knowledge of students’ perceptions of the use of mobile apps for learning purposes.

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Students’ Perceptions of an EFL Vocabulary Learning Mobile Application

Klímová

Poláková

2020

Education Sciences

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“…From the interview of the students, there is a few of them that have old fashion mobile phone, so they often get trouble in using it. Those are similar to the issues that shown in the journal written by Kangsawad (2019). Other technological problems and difficulties in mobile learning include technical problems of operating the device.…”

Section: Improving Students' Skillssupporting

confidence: 56%

“…MALL is different from CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) in its use of personal, portable device that can be carry out in any places, and its spontaneity of use. Among all kinds of technology that available nowadays, mobile phones are the most popular ones and outnumber personal computers, and they have an important place particularly in young generation (Kwangsawad, 2019).…”

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Students' Perceptions Towards the Implementation of Mall in English Learning: A Case in Senior High School

Ningrum¹,

Arrasyid

2021

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In this 21st century era therm of Mobile Assisted Language Learning becomes a part of teaching and learning activity in English Education. Mobile Assisted Language learning offers various benefits to both teachers and students. Though, it offers various benefits, in practice it is still debatable thing. Thus, this research was tried to investigate students’ perception towards the implementation of MALL in their learning process. The research was taken at Senior High School in SMAN 1 Dukupuntang. This current study use descriptive qualitative method, and the data were collected through open-ended questionnaires and interview to get the relevant data. The present research shows that students tend to have good perception on the implementation of MALL in English Learning. In using MALL, students use several applications and software to help them study about English Language both inside and outside the classroom. By using MALL, students feel that it was more enjoyable and able to get the information quickly. This research also shows the challenges that faced by the students when they use MALL in English Learning activity. In conclusion, this research shows that students’ have positive perception towards MALL in English Learning.

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