The Effect of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Learning-Language Lab versus Mobile-Assisted Learning

Int. J. Distance Educ. Technol. Pub Date : 2017-07-01 DOI:10.4018/IJDET.2017070102

Ru-Chu Shih

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Inrecentyears, therapidadvancementof information technologyhashadagreat impactonour dailylifeandchangedtheworldinwhichweoperate;inparticular,mobiledeviceshavebecome moreportableandpowerfulthanever.Asaresult,mobile-assistedlanguagelearning(MALL)and ubiquitouslearninghavebeenwidelyadoptedinavarietyofstudies.However,thepurposeofthis studywastoinvestigatetheeffectsofteachingEnglishforspecificpurposes(ESP),i.e.,theBusiness LanguageTestingService(BULATS)forcollegestudentsinalanguagelaboratoryandthroughthe mobileLINEapp.Atotalof72collegestudentswererandomlyassignedtotwogroups,alanguage labgroupandamobilelearninggroup,for10weeksofinstruction.Thefindingsrevealedthatthe studentsinthemobilelearninggrouphadsignificantlypositiveattitudestowardtheteachingmethod andlearningcontentandhighusersatisfaction.Inaddition,thelearningperformanceofthestudents inthemobilelearninggroupwasbetterthanthatinthelanguagelabgroup. KEywoRDS Business Language Testing Service (BULATS), English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), LINE App, Ubiquitous Learning

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专门用途英语(ESP)学习-语言实验室与移动辅助学习的效果

Inrecentyears, therapidadvancementof information - technologyhashadagreat impactonour dailylifeandchangedtheworldinwhichweoperate;inparticular，mobiledeviceshavebecome moreportableandpowerfulthanever.Asaresult，mobile-assistedlanguagelearning(MALL)and ubiquitouslearninghavebeenwidelyadoptedinavarietyofstudies。However、thepurposeofthis studywastoinvestigatetheeffectsofteachingEnglishforspecificpurposes(ESP)、i.e。，theBusiness LanguageTestingService(BULATS)forcollegestudentsinalanguagelaboratoryandthroughthe mobileLINEapp。Atotalof72collegestudentswererandomlyassignedtotwogroups，alanguage labgroupandamobilelearninggroup，for10weeksofinstruction。Thefindingsrevealedthatthe studentsinthemobilelearninggrouphadsignificantlypositiveattitudestowardtheteachingmethod andlearningcontentandhighusersatisfaction。Inaddition，thelearningperformanceofthestudents inthemobilelearninggroupwasbetterthanthatinthelanguagelabgroup。关键词商务语言测试服务(BULATS)，特殊用途英语(ESP)，移动辅助语言学习(MALL)， LINE App，泛在学习

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