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Integrating mobile assisted language learning (MALL) into EFL classes at a tertiary level

AutorHur Mustafá Yucedal
CargoMa, Instructor, English Language Teaching Department, Faculty of Education, Tishk International University, Erbil/Iraq.
Páginas92-104
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.62.02.7
How to Cite:
Yucedal, H.M. (2023). Integrating mobile assisted language learning (MALL) into EFL classes at a tertiary level. Amazonia
Investiga, 12(62), 92-14. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.62.02.7
Integrating mobile assisted language learning (MALL) into EFL
classes at a tertiary level
Yükseköğretimde Mobil Destekli Dil Öğreniminin (MDDÖ) EFL sınıflarına
entegrasyonu
Received: January 19, 2023 Accepted: March 3, 2023
Written by:
Hur Mustafa Yucedal1
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8246-3214
Abstract
Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)
practices have gained increasing popularity thanks
to the advancements in mobile technologies.
Accordingly, a growing number of initiatives have
been taken to integrate it into language learning
process. However, a gap in the literature has been
observed to measure the effects of MALL on
students’ writing competence at a tertiary level in
Iraq. To this aim, it was sought to pinpoint the
influence of MALL on 60 Language Preparatory
School students’ writing competence at TISHK
International University by employing snowball
sampling technique within 12 weeks in 2021-2022
Academic Year. The study was conducted in an
Academic Writing course that required the students
to write an essay weekly. The data were collected
via exams, a questionnaire, an interview and a
survey which were analy zed either by SPSS 23. or
MAXQDA software applications in this mixed
methods design study. Control group students
received a traditional instruction, while
experimental group students were trained based on
the procedure of MALL. The findings unearthed
that MALL practices increased students’ marks
dramatically, boosted students’ motivation and
increased students’ overall attitudes towards
learning English. The findings of this study can
have some implications for the ed ucators who
consider the implementation of MALL practices at
educational institutions.
Keywords: Mobile Assisted Language Learning,
Academic Writing, Writing Competence.
Introduction
Mobile assisted language learning (MALL
hereafter) has gained considerable momentum
1
Ma, Instructor, English Language Teaching Department, Faculty of Education, Tishk International University, Erbil/Iraq.
since the 2000s when a wide spectrum of
portable electronic devices such as lapto ps,
Yucedal, H.M. / Volume 12 - Issue 62: 92-104 / February, 2023

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