Research on Mobile-Assisted English Language Learning Among Primary School Students in China: Focusing on Students’ Feedback of Learning English with Mobile Devices
Abstract
Guided by the conceptual framework of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) in informal settings, this study investigates how primary school students in China use mobile devices to learn English out of class, focusing on students’ feedback of learning English through an app named “We Speakâ€.The data was collected through quantitative data of completed responses to a desgined online survey questionnaire and qualitative data from follow-up email interviews with parents and face-to-face interviews with teachers. This study demonstrates students’ positive and effective learning feedback by using this app to practice English and suggests an approch for English as a foreign language (EFL) learning with mobile devices[1]. The findings bear significant pedagogical implications for teachers to intergarte MALL into their teaching curriculum objective to achieve specific teaching tasks of mobile pedagogy and provide parents with hints on how to better schedule and support their children’s learning outside class.References
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