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Wenzheng Huang – Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 2024
As learning is more real and permanent when connected to learners' private lives beyond the classroom (Godwin-Jones, 2011), mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has emerged as a good way to support language learning, especially in informal contexts. With thousands of language learning applications (apps) becoming available, more and more…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Computer Oriented Programs, Student Characteristics, Informal Education
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Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar; Frumuselu, Anca Daniela; Curell, Hortènsia – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) is a fast-developing field that is constantly growing and evolving in education. There is a lack of publications focusing on implementation studies of MALL as a means to enhance second language/foreign language (L2) reading comprehension. Building on Burston's (2013). Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: a…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Program Implementation
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Gobel, Peter; Kano, Makimi – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
Simultaneous in-class presentations are well suited to the use of peer evaluation, which also promotes greater involvement of the student audience. The problem for the teacher is how to manage peer evaluation and make it a useful part of the curriculum. PeerEval is a mobile application that allows students to anonymously evaluate presentations in…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology
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Gobel, Peter; Kano, Makimi – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
PeerEval is a mobile app created for evaluating student presentations. This paper covers the rationale for creating such an app, the features of the app, and the benefits for both teachers and students. The details and initial findings of ongoing research into the efficacy of PeerEval will be briefly discussed. [For the complete proceedings, see…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs
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Tanaka, Hiroya; Ohnishi, Akio; Urano, Ken; Ozawa, Shinya; Nakanishi, Daisuke – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This paper reports on the learning framework integrating a web e-portfolio and two mobile applications. It also reports on a preliminary study on how learners used different systems or materials to study for vocabulary tests in a particular general English course at a Japanese university, and how they recognized the usefulness of each system and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning
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David Andrew Hammett – Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 2021
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many educational institutions to implement ERT, which resulted in courses going online across Japan. Many teachers were faced with creating asynchronous or on-demand materials to meet the educational goals of their classes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of Flipgrid as a face-to-face…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Online Courses, Interpersonal Communication, English (Second Language)
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Kassim, Samar; Witkin, Neil; Stone, Adam – Research-publishing.net, 2019
The aim of this study was to discover what potential benefits of Virtual Reality (VR) use students perceived in comparison to smartphone use in an English-speaking activity. Two surveys were conducted over three interventions in order to ascertain these student perceptions. Ten students enrolled in an elective English class at a Japanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Dizon, Gilbert – TESOL Journal, 2017
The proliferation of smartphones has given rise to intelligent personal assistants (IPAs), software that helps users accomplish day-to-day tasks. However, little is known about IPAs in the context of second language (L2) learning. Therefore, the primary objectives of this case study were twofold: to assess the ability of Amazon's IPA, Alexa, to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Ishikawa, Yasushige; Smith, Craig; Kondo, Mutsumi; Akano, Ichiro; Maher, Kate; Wada, Norihisa – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
This paper reports on the use of an English-language reading practice application for an android tablet computer operating system with students who are not native speakers of English. The application materials for vocabulary learning in reading-passage contexts were created to include words from a database of low-frequency and technical noun-verb…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Ishikawa, Yasushige; Smith, Craig; Kondo, Mutsumi; Akano, Ichiro; Maher, Kate; Wada, Norihisa – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2014
This paper reports on the use of an English-language reading practice application for an Android tablet computer with students who are not native speakers of English. The application materials for vocabulary learning in reading-passage contexts were created to include words from a database of low-frequency and technical noun-verb collocations…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Reading Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends