ERIC Number: EJ1004355
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1072-4303
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From Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) to Mobile Assisted Language Use (MALU)
Jarvis, Huw; Achilleos, Marianna
TESL-EJ, v16 n4 Mar 2013
This article begins by critiquing the long-established acronym CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). We then go on to report on a small-scale study which examines how student non-native speakers of English use a range of digital devices beyond the classroom in both their first (L1) and second (L2) languages. We look also at the extent to which they believe that their L2-based activity helps consciously and/or unconsciously with their language learning, practice, and acquisition. We argue that these data, combined with other recent trends in the field, suggest a need to move from CALL towards a more accurate acronym: mobile assisted language use (MALU). We conclude with a definition of MALU together with a brief discussion of a potential alignment of MALU with the notion of the digital resident and a newly emerging educational theory of connectivism.
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Criticism, Computer Assisted Instruction, Handheld Devices, Native Language, Definitions, Student Attitudes, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Language Role, Laptop Computers, Internet, Semi Structured Interviews, Music, Social Networks
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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