Prioritize research on app design quality, user behaviour, appsmashing, normalization, and attainment outcomes¶

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Description¶

The article closes by proposing a research agenda for mobile apps in language learning, noting that research on learning outside the classroom is much smaller than classroom research. It states "There is much potential for research in the field of mobile apps for language learning", listing app design and quality, user questions (who, why, where, how), appsmashing, normalization of device use, and learning outcomes as under-researched areas.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Research designs must account for learners combining apps with other formal or informal learning, which the article says makes causality difficult to demonstrate

Constraints¶

• The article warns that research into actual proficiency gains will be difficult to carry out because learners use apps in combination with other resources

Target Learners¶

• CALL and MALL researchers

Target Learning Goals¶

• building the evidence base on app-supported language learning outcomes

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Rosell-Aguilar, F. (2017). State of the App: A Taxonomy and Framework for Evaluating Language Learning Mobile Applications. CALICO Journal. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.27623