Abstract
Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (abbreviated to MALL) has proved to be both useful and efficacious for language learning. Mobile applications (apps) can help learners meet their needs for updating information and skills and learning without the constraints of time and place. In our current informational era, mobile learning has been more and more adopted in English teaching. Some mobile apps can also provide potential possibilities for foreign language learners to practice language skills on their smart mobile phones and tablet PCs. A lot of applications have been created and used for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning.Mastering vocabulary is an integral aspect of English learning, and an essential way to learn English vocabulary is via mobile learning apps. This study evaluates the four vocabulary learning apps which have become popularized in China: baicizhan, Youdao, Hujiang Happy Dictionary, and Momo word. Through a process of analysis and comparison, the affordances and limitations of these different English vocabulary apps in English learning will be examined. Then I would like to examine how mobile apps can be incorporated into English language teaching and learning and what kinds of tasks can be employed to improve EFL learning for learners.
Highlights
In this chapter, the researcher introduces the context of English Language Teaching (ELT) in China and why English has become more important over the last few decades
The four mobile application considered in this study shows that each Word contained in the mobile application is described from its basics including the sounds contained in that Word, the shapes of the letters and sounds making up that particular Word, the small and upper case of the letters of alphabet that makes up that language and the meaning of the Word
Assessment of the mobility of the mobile applications encompassed consideration of whether the vocabulary applications could be accessed by users using different devices, which operate under different operating systems
Summary
The researcher introduces the context of English Language Teaching (ELT) in China and why English has become more important over the last few decades. This chapter will focus on the developments of ELT in China, and how we have reached the current stage we are in. It shall include a rationale for this study and expectations towards this area of research. Without language no communication may occur among people, and it is difficult to have learning Without language, it becomes difficult between any two parties, difficult to develop common understanding of any given situation. The need for the citizens of China to know other languages other than Chinese, was compounded when it joined the different organs of the United Nations
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