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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:13 authored by Simon Williams
Language students nowadays frequently bring personal mobile devices to the classroom. The variation in devices may limit their pedagogic exploitation to negotiated student – student work outside lesson time and the bringing of results back for teacher-directed follow-up activities. Yet the notion of mobility and the co-construction of conversations in the process (Kukulska-Hulme, 2009: 159) are of greater value than the learning activities themselves. The paper reports on the use by lower-intermediate (IELTS 4.5) English language students of their mobile phones. The outcome suggests that mobile assisted language learning promotes greater student - student interaction in the context of structured collaborative learning both inside and outside the classroom and offers a way for language students to develop their own blended learning materials. Reference Kukulska-Hulme, A and L. Shield. 2008. ‘An overview of mobile assisted language-learning: From content delivery to supported collaboration and interaction’. ReCALL 20/3: 271-289.

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  • Published

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IATEFL 2013 Liverpool Conference Selections: 47th International Conference, Liverpool, 8-12 April 2013

Publisher

IATEFL

Page range

172-174

Pages

3.0

Event name

IATEFL 2013 Liverpool Conference

Event location

Arena and Convention Centre, Liverpool

Event type

conference

Event date

8-12 April 2013

Book title

IATEFL 2013 Liverpool Conference Selections

Place of publication

Faversham

ISBN

9781901095531

Series

IATEFL Conference Selections

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  • Sussex Centre for Language Studies Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Editors

Tania Pattison

Legacy Posted Date

2016-02-05

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-02-08

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-02-05

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