scholarly journals Technology-Mediated Language Training: Developing and Assessing a Module for a Blended Curriculum for Newcomers

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-202
Author(s):  
Gillian McLellan ◽  
Eva Kartchava ◽  
Michael Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Language Training ◽  
Volunteer Teachers ◽  
Linguistic Support ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology

Newcomers to Canada with low proficiency in English or French often face challenges in the workforce (Kustec, 2012). While language classes provide workplace language training, not all newcomers are able to attend face-to-face classes (Shaffir & Satzewich 2010), suggesting a need for outside the classroom, occupation-specific language training. The use of technology has been shown to be advantageous for second language (L2) learning (Stockwell, 2007), especially when used outside the classroom (i.e., mobile-assisted language learning), as mobile technology affords learners greater control and flexibility over their own learning (Yang, 2013). This paper reports on a study investigating the development of a blended curriculum for L2 learners employed in customer service. A technology-mediated module was designed and developed within a task-based language teaching framework to provide workplace-linguistic support on mobile devices, enabling learners to access the language instruction they needed, when they needed it. The module contents and usability were assessed by high-beginner English proficiency newcomers employed in customer service (n=4) and their volunteer teachers (n=4). Results confirm the overall benefits of using language learning technology in providing instruction that meets participant language needs, ensuring opportunities for individualized training. Implications for designing, implementing, and researching technology-mediated modules are discussed.

Designing Interactive Cross-Cultural Mobile-Assisted Language Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 452-475
Author(s):  
Pin-Hsiang Natalie Wu ◽  
Michael W. Marek
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
International Language ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Smartphone Technology

Using communication technology for learning is a path to new patterns of thinking. This chapter examines the affordances provided by using smartphone technology in English for cross-cultural understanding. University students from Japan and Taiwan used the popular app LINE collaboratively for five weeks, culminating in jointly-written essays. Data collection used a survey, open-ended questions, and analysis of the essays. The students saw English as an important international language in which they need competency, strongly favored use of technology to assist language learning, appreciated the study's cross-cultural experience, and found the dynamics of the group to be interesting and motivating. The authors provide four best practices for using LINE and similar applications for English learning: that they be thought of as communication tools, that students need strong support concerning required tasks, that students must understand how tasks using technology benefit them, and that true online communities may include multiple platforms.

Mobile-Assisted Language Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 69-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine B. Nielson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Workplace Training ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Language Learning Strategy ◽  
K 12

This chapter outlines practical findings from the emerging body of research on Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL). After briefly situating the conversation within a framework of how best to use technology for language instruction, the chapter opens with a review of what we know about how to use mobile technology for language learning. Then, the discussion turns to how to best apply these findings in various instructional contexts, including K–12, higher education, and workplace training. By the end of the chapter, students will have both a solid understanding of how mobile technology can facilitate second language learning as well as concrete examples of how to develop and execute a mobile language learning strategy in various educational contexts.

Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Synchronous Learning Management Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 168-190
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Nami
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Writing Assignments ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Synchronous Learning ◽  
The Face ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Writing Knowledge

In line with calls for a more comprehensive understanding of the potentials of virtual environments for language learning/teaching, the chapter reports a study on the application of a synchronous learning management system (SLMS). The development of academic writing knowledge of a group of MA students attending an online academic writing course in a state university in Tehran was compared with that of a similar group in a face-to-face course in the same university. The analysis of participants' classroom discussions and their writing assignments indicated that although the writing knowledge of both groups improved by the end of the course, the nature of changes differed from the online group to the face-to-face one. It is suggested that while SLMSs have opened up new horizons for the instruction/practice of language skills, their uses are largely context- and user-specific. The finding of this study feeds into research on SLMS-based foreign language instruction.

Getting Started

2011 ◽  
pp. 54-69
Author(s):  
Maria Elena Corbeil ◽  
Joseph Rene Corbeil
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Effective Use

Podcasting is an excellent way to engage students and to supplement the instructional materials used in face-to-face and online courses and in Mobile-Assisted Language Learning programs. A well-produced weekly podcast can enhance course content, learning activities, and student-teacher interactions, while enabling students to take their learning materials with them wherever they go, thus reinforcing and supporting language acquisition. While there are many resources that delineate how to create a podcast, few address the instructional, technological, and production factors that must be considered for the effective use of podcasting in instruction. This chapter includes a brief review of the literature that addresses the use of podcasts in language learning programs, and offers a simple guide for creating your first podcast, lessons learned, and the results of a student survey on the use of podcasts.

scholarly journals Teknologi Blended Learning Mahasiswa Di Kota Batam Dengan Metode Unified Theory Of Acceptance And Use Of Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Hendi Sama
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Facility Conditions ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The City

In improving the education and teaching process by lecturers in tertiary institutions, learning is carried out using Blended Learning technology. Blended learning is a collaboration and / or a combination of learning that has a traditional nature (learning by doing face-to-face) and learning by utilizing technology or what is referred to as e-learning. The application of Blended Learning technology in universities in Riau Islands province has been carried out in several universities in the city of Batam. Previous research states that there are problems in the application of Blended Learning technology. This study examines how the Acceptance of Blended Learning Technology by Students in the city of Batam with the Unified Theory of Acceptance and use of Technology (UTAUT) method. In carrying out this research activity a quantitative approach is used with a causalistic explanatory research research design. The results of this study reveal that business expectations, performance expectations, social influence, and facility conditions together affect the independent variable Blended Learning Technology Acceptance. This shows that the overall acceptance of Blended Learning Technology among students has been well received

scholarly journals Reflections by Some Jordanian EFL Lecturers on Salmon’s Five-Stage E-Learning Model and Its Possible Application to Teaching English in Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Ahmad Alkhawaldeh
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
English Language Instruction ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Collaborative Language

This study attempted to evaluate Gilly Salmon’s Five-stage e-learning Model and its possible contribution to learning English language skills by surveying the related literature and obtaining perspectives of some EFL lecturers in Jordan during the 1st semester, 2018–2019. A convenient sample of twenty EFL lecturers participated in a semi-structured interview to reflect on the contribution of the five-stage model to English language instruction. The study revealed some strengths and drawbacks of the above model. While acknowledging the existence of several positive attributes of this model such as exhibiting coherence and being structural and developmental and featuring the engagement of learners via collaborative language learning, this model, according to some EFL specialists, demands further improvement to highlight, for instance, face-to-face mode of language instruction and to be more spiral and bi-directional. The study called for integrating assessment into the model to monitor learner’s learning progress. It also called for achieving independent language learning and enabling learners to transfer their learning beyond the model’s final stage of development. It was suggested that the above model should be modified to account more adequately for online English language learning.

Designing Interactive Cross-Cultural Mobile-Assisted Language Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 262-285
Author(s):  
Pin-Hsiang Natalie Wu ◽  
Michael W. Marek
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
International Language ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Smartphone Technology

Using communication technology for learning is a path to new patterns of thinking. This chapter examines the affordances provided by using smartphone technology in English for cross-cultural understanding. University students from Japan and Taiwan used the popular app LINE collaboratively for five weeks, culminating in jointly-written essays. Data collection used a survey, open-ended questions, and analysis of the essays. The students saw English as an important international language in which they need competency, strongly favored use of technology to assist language learning, appreciated the study's cross-cultural experience, and found the dynamics of the group to be interesting and motivating. The authors provide four best practices for using LINE and similar applications for English learning: that they be thought of as communication tools, that students need strong support concerning required tasks, that students must understand how tasks using technology benefit them, and that true online communities may include multiple platforms.

Mobile-Assisted Language Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 122-136
Author(s):  
Michael A. Sletten
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Security Breaches ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
Security Awareness Training

Learning a second language is challenging for anyone worldwide. When trying to learn a second language in a remote area of the world or under circumstances that do not allow for face-to-face learning, it becomes even more challenging. With the invention and development of mobile devices such as phones and tablets, it becomes much easier to accomplish through mobile-assisted language learning (MALL). Mobile-assisted language learning allows for a user to learn a new language using their mobile device, which is a ubiquitous form of learning. Mobile-assisted language learning is not without risk or vulnerabilities, however. It is imperative that users receive security awareness training, so they can operate their mobile phone in a secure manner. It is also critical that the mobile phones, wireless networks, learning management systems, and computer networks are also secured against various types of viruses, malware, and attacks. Without certain security measures being installed and configured on these devices and systems, the potential for security breaches present themselves.

Hypermedia and the Facilitation of Native American Language Learning: Preserving a Heritage through the Use of Technology

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara B. Lockee ◽  
David M. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Language Loss ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Effective Development ◽  
Native American Language

The problem of Native American language loss can be addressed through the use of computer-assisted technology to teach indigenous languages to Native American learners. Hypermedia technology may provide a mechanism for the development of curriculum materials which reflect appropriate instructional techniques. Whole language methods advocated in second language instruction incorporate observational learning strategies—strategies which are inherent in many Native American homes, but often ignored in school. Hypermedia holds promise as an effective development tool for the creation of Native American language instruction.

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