Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (A Summary)
This time, I write about a summary of a paper written by Agnes Kukulska Hulme from Open University. The paper was published in 2018. The title of the paper is Mobile-Assisted Language Learning. Mobile-Assisted Language Learning or often called as MALL is using smartphones and other mobile technologies in the language learning process whereas the participants have flexibility when learning the TL. MALL could be in the formal or informal setting. MALL gives advantages for the learners, such as immediate access to the information, social networks, situation-relevant help, flexible use of time and space for learning, continuity, and sharing. MALL is also known as mobile learning because it uses mobile technologies but then it shifts to the meaning of mobility of the learners. MALL and CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) differ in its use for personal needs, flexibility (many ways in learning and spontaneous), and interaction. It is also mentioned about the appli...