ERIC Number: EJ1310421
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 22
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Mobile Phones-Assisted Practice and Note-Taking in Foreign Language Oral Production
Durán-Bautista, Diana C.; Huertas-Malagón, Sandra Patricia
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, v13 n2 Article 4 p51-72 2021
In foreign language instruction, students are often exposed to computer-mediated testing in international exams and language courses; however, regular classrooms are not equipped with computer labs to offer a lesson coherent with that testing procedure. To fill this gap, mobile-assisted language learning emerges as a portable option for computer-mediated learning and testing. Hence, this action research aims to study the implementation of mobile phones-assisted practice, combined with note-taking, as test-wise and test-management strategies, to tackle the needs of 218 participants who were taking an English as a foreign language program at a Colombian university. In the diagnostic stage, learners expressed that the most difficult computer-assessed skill was speaking, due to lack of confidence and suitable strategies. Findings revealed an improvement in students' oral performance, collaboration levels, and high acceptance of mobile phones-assisted practice as a test preparation tool that facilitates autonomy, metacognition, and peer-feedback.
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), College Students, Oral Language, Language Skills, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Test Wiseness, Notetaking, Speech Skills, Language Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia (Bogota)
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