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Mobile Language Learning

Purpose: To summarize the main ideas of an article in order to share the most important points.

Thesis: Glenn Stockwell’s findings have become obsolete.

Audience: English for Academic Purpose community

I. Recent research on CALL (computer assisted language learning) has often focused on different issues.

A. Learner autonomy.

B. Engagement of language learners in communicative tasks outside the classroom.

II. Analysis of why Stockwell’s findings in his research in 2010 were limited.

A. Technology seems to be developing faster than researchers can publish.

1.  Many of his findings seem to have already become obsolete.

2.  Many of the issues leading to his conclusions may have already been resolved by technological innovation.

B. Stockwell made some mistakes during the process of his research.

1. His activities were pen and paper activities, missing the point of MALL (mobile assisted language learning).

2. He simplified some facets of the mobile interface to accommodate the technological limitations of the platform.

III. It is still unknown whether MALL has the potential to replace our existing language learning resources.

Reference

Ballance, O. (2012). Mobile language learning: More than just ‘The Platform’. Language Learning and Technology, 16(3), 21-23. Retrieved October, 2012, from http://caece.campusuniversidad.com.ar/mod/resource/view.php?id=20170