Full Description
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.
Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Mobile Assisted Language Learning Across Different Educational Settings: an introduction
Chapter 2
Unreported MALL studies: What difference do they make to published experimental MALL research results?
Chapter 3
(Re-)contextualizing Storytelling with Children in English L2: Mobile-Assisted Language Teacher Education
Chapter 4
Effects of an extensive e-book reading programme on middle school EFL students
Chapter 5
Participants' perceptions and perspectives of intercultural and social inclusion in an award-winning virtual exchange project
Chapter 6
Mobile Collaborative Activities and Learner Metacognition
Chapter 7
Conclusions: A Lifelong Perspective on Mobile Language Learning
Index
