Vocabulary Learning Assisted with Smart Phone Application

• Published in: Theory and practice in language studies 2018-11, Vol.8 (11), p.1511-1516
• Main Author: Lei, Zhimei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cellular telephones; Classrooms; College English; College students; Computer assisted language learning; Distance learning; Education; Educational psychology; English (Second language); English as a second language learning; Independent study; Learning Activities; Learning Processes; Learning Strategies; Lifelong Learning; Metacognition; Mobile applications; Polls & surveys; Second language instruction; Self study; Smartphones; Study and teaching; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Technology application; Vocabulary; Vocabulary Development; Vocabulary learning
• ISSN: 1799-2591; 2053-0692
• DOI: 10.17507/tpls.0811.17

Plenty of study has been done about the Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), which still hasn’t found its way into the English vocabulary learning. This empirical study aims to explore an effective way of vocabulary learning through the APP of WeChat on smart phones which are prevalently used among college students. 30 students participated in a WeChat group and were given word tests before and after the research respectively. A questionnaire survey was done a month later. The empirical result shows that it is easy for students to accept this new way of learning and most of them could follow the schedule. They have enhanced their self-regulation study ability and are encouraged to explore various methods to improve their study via smart phone Apps.