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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:13 authored by Simon WilliamsLanguage 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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IATEFL 2013 Liverpool Conference Selections: 47th International Conference, Liverpool, 8-12 April 2013Publisher
IATEFLPage range
172-174Pages
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IATEFL 2013 Liverpool ConferenceEvent location
Arena and Convention Centre, LiverpoolEvent type
conferenceEvent date
8-12 April 2013Book title
IATEFL 2013 Liverpool Conference SelectionsPlace of publication
FavershamISBN
9781901095531Series
IATEFL Conference SelectionsDepartment affiliated with
- Sussex Centre for Language Studies Publications
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