Investigate teachers' and learners' 'emic' perspectives on MALL to identify obstacles to integration¶

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Description¶

The review recommends that future MALL research explore teachers' and learners' perspectives, because MALL's application "highly relies on the general consensus from language teachers and learners" and there is a "lack of pedagogical framework of MA LL". It argues that finding out 'emic' views from users in educational contexts would be meaningful, and that factors identified from teachers and learners can be viewed as current obstacles to overcome toward successful integration of new MALL technologies, as well as indicators of where the field stands on the continuum toward a new stage of MALL.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Research designs that elicit teachers' and learners' own perspectives on MALL use in educational contexts

Constraints¶

• The review states promising results may be challenging to indicate prevailing trends of MALL in a definite way

Target Learners¶

• language teachers and language learners in educational contexts

Target Learning Goals¶

• successful integration of emerging mobile technologies into language education

Related Strategies¶

• Prioritize research on app design quality, user behaviour, appsmashing, normalization, and attainment outcomes
• Integrate pronunciation-focused technology such as language learning apps and mobile-assisted pronunciation training into the CLT curriculum

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Jaeseok Yang. (2013). Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Review of the Recent Applications of Emerging Mobile Technologies. English Language Teaching, 6(7). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v6n7p19