Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Motivation: Can the Use of Mobile Devices Promote Students’ Motivation in EFL Classes?

Saidouni Khawla; Bahloul Amel

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Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Motivation: Can the Use of Mobile Devices Promote Students’ Motivation in EFL Classes?

Authors:

Saidouni Khawla | Bahloul Amel

Publisher:

Université de Batna 1 El Hadj Lakhdar

Journal:

الإحياء Vol.18 Issue 1, pp.545-576

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001414479

pISSN:

2588-2406

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Abstract:

 In the recent years, smart mobile devices are taking over all aspects of human life such as education, work and leisure. In fact, the majority of students are using their handheld devices, mainly smart phones and computer tablets, for the sake of communicating, sharing information and interacting. Ergo, mobile technologies become an essential part of students’ routines. This new wave of technology has created an approach of language teaching and learning known as Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL). The current study endeavors to investigate the effectiveness of MALL on learners’ motivation to learn English as a Foreign Language (EFL). It adopts a descriptive method of research which is an amalgam of quantitative and qualitative data. Thus, a questionnaire, which is randomly administered to thirty Master 1 students, is bracketed with a structured interview held with four teachers of English at Batna-2 University. The findings of the study provide us with significant results about the impact of mobile technologies on both the EFL teaching/learning process and motivation. First, students generally consider this new wave of technology as having a positive impact on their own language skills. Second, the results also pinpoint that both teachers and students strongly confirm that the integration of mobile devices in EFL setting fosters the students’ motivation, and increases eagerness toward learning. Thus, it is highly significant to implement the handheld devices in the Algerian EFL classes in order to cope with the challenge of technological and pedagogical shifts occurring in the teaching profession.

Article Details

Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Motivation: Can the Use of Mobile Devices Promote Students’ Motivation in EFL Classes?

Authors:

Saidouni Khawla | Bahloul Amel

Publisher:

Université de Batna 1 El Hadj Lakhdar

Journal:

الإحياء Vol.18 Issue 1, pp.545-576

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001414479

pISSN:

2588-2406

EFL learners and teachers

Higher education

Mobile- assisted language learning

Issues

Article Details

Mobile-Assisted Language Learning and Motivation: Can the Use of Mobile Devices Promote Students’ Motivation in EFL Classes?

Authors: Saidouni Khawla | Bahloul Amel

Publisher: Université de Batna 1 El Hadj Lakhdar

Journal: الإحياء Vol.18 Issue 1, pp.545-576

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2018

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001414479

pISSN: 2588-2406

EFL learners and teachers

Higher education

Mobile- assisted language learning

Issues

Authors:

Saidouni Khawla | Bahloul Amel

Publisher:

Université de Batna 1 El Hadj Lakhdar

Journal:

الإحياء Vol.18 Issue 1, pp.545-576

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001414479

pISSN:

2588-2406