Pulling Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) into the Mainstream: MALL in Broad Practice

The researcher designed a smartphone app to help college students to learn English (L2) vocabulary. The app contained 3,402 English words that were compiled into an alphabetic wordlist with each word displayed on three features; namely: spelling, pronunciation and Chinese definitions. To test the ef...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-05, Vol.10 (5), p.e0128762-e0128762
Main Author: Wu, Qun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cellular telephones
China
Chinese languages
College students
Colleges & universities
Computer assisted language learning
Design
English as a second language
English as a second language learning
English language
Female
Humans
Language
Lexicography
Male
Mobile Applications
Pronunciation
Research design
Second language vocabulary learning
Smart phones
Smartphones
Software
Students
Studies
Study and teaching
Vocabulary
Word lists
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Summary:The researcher designed a smartphone app to help college students to learn English (L2) vocabulary. The app contained 3,402 English words that were compiled into an alphabetic wordlist with each word displayed on three features; namely: spelling, pronunciation and Chinese definitions. To test the effectiveness of the app, an experimental group (with app) was compared with a control group (without app) and knowledge of words was tested before and after the research. The study revealed that the students using the program significantly outperformed those in the control group in vocabulary acquisition. This paper introduced a research design method and set up a pedagogical paradigm which can be followed as a way to practice MALL.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0128762