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Mobile-assisted language learning


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    • MALL (Mobile-assisted language learning)
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    • found: Work cat: Mobile assisted language learning across educational contexts, 2021:ECIP galley (The term Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) refers to "mobile technologies in language learning, especially in situations where device portability offers specific advantages." In many schools and universities, language teachers and students use these technologies to perform tasks both within and beyond their institution's boundaries, creating a link between school and home life and shaping new ways of learning)
    • found: "Mobile-assisted language learning," article by Tayebeh Mosavi Miangah and Amin Nezarat, in International journal of emergent and distributed sytems, v. 3, no. 1, Feb. 2012 on researchgate.net: (Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) deals with the use of mobile technology in language learning. In contrast to classroom learning, in MALL there is no need for the learners to sit in a classroom or at a computer to get learning materials. In fact, MALL can be considered an ideal solution to language learning barriers in terms of time and place)
    • found: Wikipedia, Nov. 7, 2020:(Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) is language learning that is assisted or enhanced through the use of a handheld mobile device. (two sources cited) MALL is a subset of both Mobile Learning (m-learning) and computer-assisted language learning (CALL). MALL has evolved to support students' language learning with the increased use of mobile technologies such as mobile phones (cellphones), MP3 and MP4 players, PDAs and devices such as the iPhone or iPad. With MALL, students are able to access language learning materials and to communicate with their teachers and peers at any time, anywhere)
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    • 2020-11-05: new
    • 2021-04-15: revised
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