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函授本科英语毕业论文
Title:TheUseofMobileTechnologyinLanguageLearning
Abstract:
Mobiletechnologyhasgreatlyimpactededucationandlanguagelearninginparticular.Inthisstudy,theresearcherexaminestheuseofmobiletechnologyinlanguagelearning.Thestudyutilizesaqualitativeresearchdesignwhereinterviewswereconductedtoobtaindatafromlanguagelearnerswhohaveusedmobiletechnologyintheirlanguagelearning.Theresearchrevealedthatmobiletechnologyhasprovidedlearnerswithaccesstoauthenticlanguagematerials,facilitatedcommunicationwithnativespeakers,improvedstudentmotivationandengagement,andmadelanguagelearningmoreaccessibleandflexible.However,challengesstillexistsuchastechnicalissues,distractions,anddifficultyinintegratingmobiletechnologyintotraditionallearningenvironments.Theresearchconcludesthatmobiletechnologyhasthepotentialtoenhancelanguagelearning,butcarefulconsiderationshouldbegiventoaddressthechallenges.
Keywords:mobiletechnology,languagelearning,authenticmaterials,motivation,accessibility
Introduction:
Mobiletechnologyhassignificantlyinfluencedthewaywelive,interactandlearn.Withtheincreasingavailability,affordability,andaccessibilityofmobiledevicesandtheinternet,mobiletechnologyhasbecomeaubiquitoustoolforlanguagelearning.Mobiletechnologycanbeusedforawiderangeoflanguagelearningactivitiessuchasaccessingauthenticmaterials,practicingspeakingandlisteningskills,andcommunicatingwithnativespeakers.Inthisresearch,Iwillexplorehowmobiletechnologyhasimpactedlanguagelearningandexamineitsadvantagesandchallenges.
LiteratureReview:
Mobiletechnologyinlanguagelearninghasreceivedaconsiderableamountofattentioninrecentyears.AccordingtoAlhassanandFolorunso(2019),mobiletechnologycanenhancelanguagelearningthroughitspotentialtoprovideauthenticlanguagematerialsfromdifferentcontextsandcultures.Inaddition,mobiletechnologycanfacilitatecommunicationwithnativespeakersofthetargetlanguage,whichisessentialfordevelopingspeakingandlisteningskills(Jarvis&Krashen,2014).
Mobiletechnologyhasalsobeenlinkedtoimprovedstudentmotivationandengagementinlanguagelearning(Kukulska-Hulme&Shield,2008).AccordingtoThorntonandHouser(2005),mobiledevicesallowlearnerstocontrolthepaceanddirectionoftheirlearning,whichhelpstoaccommodatetheirindividuallearningneeds.
However,theuseofmobiletechnologyinlanguagelearningalsopresentschallenges.Technicalissuessuchaspoorinternetconnectivityandlimitedbatterylifecanimpedelearning(Sung&Mayer,2012).Furthermore,theavailabilityofgamesandsocialmediaonmobiledevicescanbedistractingandhinderlearning(Kukulska-Hulme&Shield,2008).Finally,integratingmobiletechnologyintotraditionallearningenvironmentscanbechallenging(Lai&Gu,2011).
Methodology:
Qualitativeresearchmethodologywasusedtoexploretheuseofmobiletechnologyinlanguagelearning.Semi-structuredinterviewswereconductedwitheightlanguagelearnerswhohaveusedmobiletechnologyintheirlanguagelearning.Participantswereselectedthroughpurposivesamplingandwereagedbetween18-25yearsold.Interviewsweretranscribedandanalyzedusingathematicanalysisapproach.
Results:
Theinterviewsrevealedthatmobiletechnologyhaspositivelyimpactedlanguagelearninginvariousways.Firstly,participantsreportedthatmobiletechnologyprovidedthemwithaccesstoauthenticlanguagematerialssuchasnewsarticlesandvideos,whichimprovetheirlanguageproficiency.Participantsalsoreportedanimprovementincommunicationskillsastheywereabletocommunicatewithnativespeakersofthetargetlanguagethroughsocialmediaplatforms,languageexchangeapplications,andvirtualclassrooms.
Moreover,participantsfoundmobiletechnologytobemotivational,asitallowedthemtolearnattheirownpaceandtailorlearningtotheirindividualneeds.Participantsalsoreportedthatmobiletechnologymadelanguagelearningmoreaccessibleandflexible,enablingthemtolearnanytimeandanywhere.However,participantsalsoreportedchallengessuchastechnicalissues,distractions,anddifficultiesinintegratingmobiletechnologyintotraditionallearningenvironments.
Conclusion:
Thisstudyexploredtheuseofmobiletechnologyinlanguagelearningandfoundthatithasthepotentialtopositivelyimpactlanguagelearning.Mobiletechnologyhasprovidedlanguagelearnerswithaccesstoauthenticmaterials,facilitatedcommunicationwithnativespeakers,improvedstudentmotivationandengagement,andmadelanguagelearningmoreaccessibleandflexible.However,challengesstillexistsuchastechnicalissues,distractions,anddifficultyinintegratingmobiletechnologyintotraditionallearningenvironments.Th
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