Mobile Assisted Language Learning Across Educational Contexts

by Valentina Morgana (Editor), Agnes Kukulska-Hulme (Editor)

Overview

This concise collection critically reflects on mobile assisted language learning research across educational stages, from early childhood through to university settings. // The volume traces the development of MALL practices through researchers' and teachers’ efforts to make sense of the impact of mobile technologies on formal and informal second language learning and development. The chapters explore a range of topics around mobile learning design, implementation, and affordances across different educational and geographic contexts, drawing on both qualitative and quantitative perspectives. In so doing, the book creates a broader conversation around the importance of continuity in the successful integration of MALL practices into L2 learning curricula across the educational lifespan. // This book will appeal to students and scholars in applied linguistics and language teaching and learning, especially to those with a specific interest in mobile technologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367714093
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/29/2022
Series:	Routledge Focus on Applied Linguistics
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Valentina Morgana is Adjunct Professor of English Linguistics in the Faculty of Language Sciences and Foreign Literature at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy. Her recent publications focused on mobile English language teaching and learning in secondary and higher education, and technology-mediated task-based language teaching.

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK, where she leads the Future Learning Research and Innovation Programme. She has published widely and co-edited the book Mobile Learning: The Next Generation (Routledge, 2016).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix

Acknowledgements xi

1 Mobile Assisted Language Learning across Different Educational Settings: An Introduction Valentina Morgana 1

Abstract 1

MALL Features 2

Research Methods in MALL 4

Structure of the Collection and Chapter Summaries 5

2 Unreported MALL Studies: What Difference Do They Make to Published Experimental MALL Research Results? Jack Burston 10

Abstract 10

Introduction 10

MALL Meta-Analyses 12

Sources of Under-reporting Problem 15

Effect of Missing Studies upon MALL Meta-analyses 19

Discussion 23

Conclusion: The Future of MALL Research 24

3 (Re-)contextualising Storytelling with Children in English L2: Mobile-Assisted Language Teacher Education Maria Bortoluzzi Elisa Bertoldi Ivana Marenzi 36

Abstract 36

Introduction 37

The Online and Offline Contexts 38

The Theoretical Framework 41

Methodology 44

Description of the Project 47

Opening Up to Children and Families: Mobile Storytelling during An Emergency 55

Conclusions 56

4 Effects of an Extensive e-Book Reading Programme on Middle School EFL Students Valentina Morgana Caterina Pavesi 61

Abstract 61

Introduction 61

Literature Review: ER on e-Books 62

Research Questions 64

Methodology 65

Analysis 68

Results 68

Discussion 74

Conclusions 77

5 Participants' Perceptions and Perspectives of Intercultwal and Social Inclusion in an Award-Winning Virtual Exchange Project Lisa Griggio Sara Pittarello 81

Abstract 81

Introduction 81

Description 83

Verbatims 84

Conclusions 95

6 Mobile Collaborative Activities and Learner Metacognition Peter Ilic 101

Abstract 101

Introduction 101

Literature Review 102

Methodology 104

Results and Discussion 107

Conclusions 116

7 Conclusions: A Lifelong Perspective on Mobile Language Learning Agnes Kukulska-Hulme 122

Abstract 122

Introduction 122

Mobile Learning Past and Present - a Scholarly Literature Perspective 124

Key Themes in the Collection 125

Looking to the Future 129

Conclusions 131

Index 135