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Download full textMuhammad Nawaz; Malini Ganapathy; Sadaf Manzoor; Tess Ezzy; Shahzad Ul Hassan Farooqi – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2025
Purpose: The integration of mobile technology in ESL/EFL contexts has garnered significant attention from contemporary researchers, teachers, and learners due to the advancements in technology, dynamic features, and multimodal applications. With this growing interest, there is a need to synthesize the existing literature and identify current…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Direct linkMostafa Morady Moghaddam; Faeze Esmaeilpour; Fatemeh Ranjbaran – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Mobile technologies and the widespread application of mobile devices have become significant in educational settings. Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) is a thriving field of study in language learning and teaching contexts in Iran. This study investigates the current research trends and characteristics of MALL studies in Iran, identifying…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Second Language Learning
Kaveh, Ardalan; Hadipourfard, Ehsan; Bavali, Mohammad – JALT CALL Journal, 2023
Writing and its role in English as a foreign language (EFL) context has been one of the primary areas of focus for many years. The present study examined the effects of mobile-based concept mapping on EFL learners' writing fluency and motivation. To fulfill the objective, 70 upper-intermediate level Persian EFL learners were assigned into one…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Concept Mapping, English (Second Language)
Hossein Kargar Behbahani; Sedigheh Karimpour – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
This study examined the effect of mobile-mediated dynamic assessment on reading comprehension and reading fluency skills of Iranian L2 learners. With 50 Iranian L2 learners, randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups, a pretest-posttest control group design was used. Whereas the control group received traditional instructor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Reading Comprehension
Laleh Fakhraee Faruji; Samira Soleimanian; Mahdieh Shafipoor – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2024
The present study investigated the effect of computer- and mobile-mediated shadowing on Iranian impulsive and reflective English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' speaking ability. To collect the data, 100 intermediate participants, whose proficiency level was measured by administering Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT), took the pretest of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Speech Skills
Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar; Frumuselu, Anca Daniela; Curell, Hortènsia – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) is a fast-developing field that is constantly growing and evolving in education. There is a lack of publications focusing on implementation studies of MALL as a means to enhance second language/foreign language (L2) reading comprehension. Building on Burston's (2013). Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: a…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Program Implementation
Aeen, Javad Behesht; Rassaei, Ehsan; Riasati, Mohammad Javad; Zamanian, Mostafa – TESL-EJ, 2022
Taking into account the facilitative role of mobile-mediated communication for promoting EFL learners' L2 development, this study investigated Iranian EFL learners' perceptions of recast and their modified output through face-to-face, audio, and video-based mobile-mediated communication. To this end, sixty intermediate EFL learners at two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Handheld Devices
Masoomeh Estaji; Nasrin Sanajou – Educational Media International, 2024
In the present study, a MALL TPACK questionnaire was developed and validated based on a TPACK framework. Data were collected from 414 EFL teachers. The development of the questionnaire involved a comprehensive review of existing literature, examination of existing questionnaires, and interviews with experts. This process resulted in an initial…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Second Language Learning, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy
Ebadi, Saman; Rasouli, Rezvan; Mohamadi, Mona – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Student response systems (SRS) have been used to provide teachers with immediate feedback on learners' performance to understand their weaknesses and strengths. This exploratory study is aimed at focusing on both distractive and facilitative aspects of using SRS in English as a foreign language (EFL) classes to assess learners' understanding of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Ebadijalal, Marjan; Yousofi, Nouroddin – Language Learning Journal, 2023
Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has extensively been reported to interfere with second language learning and performance. To mitigate anxiety, researchers have called for the inclusion of technology into foreign language classes and providing learners with corrective feedback on their performance. One factor that may affect the comprehensibility of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Speech Communication, Anxiety
Ebadi, Saman; Bashir, Saba – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
This study utilizing a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design explored the impact of mobile-based dynamic assessment (MDA) on EFL learners' writing skills. Three intact classes (N = 30), including intermediate EFL learners attending a private English language school in Iran, participated in this study. They were evenly divided into two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Skills, Handheld Devices
Nazari, Mostafa; Xodabande, Ismail – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Mobile phones are turning into a growingly widespread educational tool across various contexts. However, the scope of research on teachers' role in mobile-oriented instruction is limited, much less examining how professional development influences their associated beliefs and practices. Grounded in sociocultural theory, this study aimed to fill…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Sheylani Bakhsh, Hamid; Pourhosein Gilakjani, Abbas – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
This study investigated the possible effect of podcasting on Iranian intermediate EFL learners' listening comprehension skill. A total number of seventy EFL learners were selected based on their performance on Oxford Placement Test (OPT). Then, they were divided into two groups (one experimental and one control group). Pre-test of listening was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination
Xodabande, Ismail; Atai, Mahmood Reza – Open Learning, 2022
The current study investigated the contribution of a mobile application for self-directed and autonomous learning of academic vocabulary among English as a Foreign language (EFL) university students. Furthermore, we examined the long-term impacts of mobile-assisted vocabulary learning, by using a pre-, post-, and delayed post-test design. The…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Independent Study
Kamran Janfeshan; Asmaa Nader Sharhan; Mohamad Mahdi Janfeshan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
The current study was planned to find out if the use of blended learning as a combination of face-to-face instruction and mobile-assisted language learning using WhatsApp contributed to the vocabulary learning and autonomy of Iranian EFL learners compared to the traditional method. To assess their English skills, PET was given to 80 homogenous…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
