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Nor Fadzleen Sa’don & Halina Mohamed DahlanUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia
MOBILE ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (MALL) FOR MALAYSIAN
SCHOOLS: STAKEHOLDERS’ VIEW
LET’S CHECK OUT MALL!
• Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) (Chinnery, 2006; Sheild & Kukulska-Hulme, 2008)
• Interactive language learning via portable wireless devices such as mobile phones, personal media players, handheld devices such as iPad, Tablet, Phablet.
LET’S GO MALL HOPPING!
www.gingersoftware.com/
www.busuu.com/
iTunes/Android
www.speakingpal.com/
https://www.duolingo.com/
WHAT DO THE EXPERTS THINK?
Web access via mobile will exceed
desktop web access in 2010-2015.
Colley et. al (2010)
Future Malaysian learning trend that
fosters portable collaborative learning.
Muhammad Amin Embi (2013)
Language learning is one of the
disciplines likely to benefit from the
widespread ownership of mobile
devicesKukulsa-Hulme (2006)
Help learners to enhance and
personalize their language acquisition at
their own pace.
Small (2014)
ISSUES IN MALL
Mobile Learning Policy
Content Availability
MALL Management in
Schools
Sources:(Chinnery, 2006; Kukulska-Hulme, 2009; Godwin-Jones, 2011; Burston, 2013; Hemmi et. al. , 2014, Hwang & Pu, 2014)
MALL IN MALAYSIAN SCHOOLS? WHY NOT?
• Malaysia is ranked 2nd behind Russia for digital connectivity among the resource & efficiency-driven economies worldwide. (Connectivity Scorecard, 2013)
• Mobile learning is “one of the key emerging technologies” that would elevate the status of Malaysian schools to smart schools holistically (UNESCO, 2010).
Source: TeachingQuality.org
KEY FACTORS IN USING MALL
Systematic Literature Review : N=260
7 FactorsAccuracy
Accessibility to media
Interactivity
Portability
Convenience
Pricing
Flexibility
UNIT OF ANALYSIS : STAKEHOLDERS
Teacher N=130
StudentN=100
Teacher Trainer N=20
STAKEHOLDERS’ VIEWS ANALYSIS
TABLE IV: COMMUNALITIES
Initial Extraction
ACCURACY 1.000 .771
ACCESSIBILITY 1.000 .869
INTERACTIVITY 1.000 .940
PORTABILITY 1.000 .927
CONVENIENCE 1.000 .877
PRICING 1.000 .353
FLEXIBILITY 1.000 .914
Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.
STAKEHOLDERS’ VIEWS ANALYSIS
• 200 out of 250 respondents own mobile phone/mobile devices.
• 75% of the respondents use their mobile phone/mobile devices for knowledge management & learning purposes.
• 53% of the respondents are using mobile phone for language learning purpose outside their classrooms albeit the current restriction of bringing mobile devices to Malaysian schools.
• 96% of the respondents opt for free MALL apps than paid MALL apps.
• 88% of the respondents want more MALL apps that cover Malaysian secondary school syllabus & teaching needs.
• 85% of the respondents believe that MALL will enhance language learning in Malaysian schools in the future.
PROTOTYPE : MY-LIT PROJECT
