Mobile Phones-Assisted Practice and Note-Taking in Foreign Language Oral Production

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI:10.4018/IJMBL.2021040104

Diana Carolina Durán-Bautista, Sandra Patricia Huertas-Malagón

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Abstract

In foreign language instruction, students are often exposed to computer-mediated testing in international exams and language courses; however, regular classrooms are not equipped with computer labs to offer a lesson coherent with that testing procedure. To fill this gap, mobile-assisted language learning emerges as a portable option for computer-mediated learning and testing. Hence, this action research aims to study the implementation of mobile phones-assisted practice, combined with note-taking, as test-wise and test-management strategies, to tackle the needs of 218 participants who were taking an English as a foreign language program at a Colombian university. In the diagnostic stage, learners expressed that the most difficult computer-assessed skill was speaking, due to lack of confidence and suitable strategies. Findings revealed an improvement in students' oral performance, collaboration levels, and high acceptance of mobile phones-assisted practice as a test preparation tool that facilitates autonomy, metacognition, and peer-feedback.

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外语口语生产中的手机辅助练习与笔记

在外语教学中，学生经常在国际考试和语言课程中接触到计算机辅助测试;然而，普通教室没有配备计算机实验室来提供与测试程序一致的课程。为了填补这一空白，移动辅助语言学习作为一种以计算机为媒介的学习和测试的便携式选择出现了。因此，本行动研究旨在研究将手机辅助练习与笔记相结合作为考试和考试管理策略的实施情况，以解决哥伦比亚一所大学218名参加英语作为外语课程的参与者的需求。在诊断阶段，学习者表示，由于缺乏自信和合适的策略，计算机评估的最难技能是口语。研究结果显示，学生的口语表现、协作水平和对手机辅助练习作为促进自主、元认知和同伴反馈的考试准备工具的高度接受度都有所提高。

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International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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3.30

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7.10%

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期刊介绍： The primary mission of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) is to provide insight and understanding into the role of innovative learning theory and practice in an increasingly mobile and pervasive technological environment. As technology enables a more seamless experience of device-supported learning worlds that may integrate mobile, embedded, augmented, and immersive technologies, researchers, professionals, and academicians may expect to see increasing interest and activity in blended approaches to learning. IJMBL brings together experts at the forefront of this field, in both technology and pedagogical practice, and assists them in the development and dissemination of new approaches to both mobile and blended learning.