Abstract
This paper explores the possibilities of using mobile technology in the teaching and learning of the English language. A sample of 50 Sandwich students/teachers of the English language was drawn through a multi-stage sampling technique. The instrument used to collect data for this study is a ten-item questionnaire on integrating mobile phones in the teaching and learning of English. This instrument was validated by two language experts in the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Data collected for this study were analysed using the percentage system represented in line charts. The results showed that mobile phones are instrumental in teaching and learning of English in classrooms. The paper concludes that M-learning promotes cooperative and collaborative learning through the enhancement of learner’s use of authentic English language that would make it possible for them to construct their own knowledge. Based on the results of this research, the researchers recommend that mobile phone can be integrated in teaching and learning of English as a Second Language.
Highlights
The advent of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) comes with its attendance to students’ accessibility to information
This paper explores the possibilities of using mobile technology in the teaching and learning of the English language
The results showed that mobile phones are instrumental in teaching and learning of English in classrooms
Summary
The advent of ICT comes with its attendance to students’ accessibility to information. These students have enormous access to digital technology and they display fluency and familiarity with the new technology They speak the digital language of computers; the Internet; they share and produce digital contents such as blogs, digital images, video files and SMS messages (Tribe, 2004 in Duncan-Howell & Lee, 2007). These students are growing with a glut of electronic media use and this differentiates them from previous generations of students whose learning experiences were dominated by text in books and journals. The lives of these digital natives are influenced by mobile phones which seem to be the fastest growing technology in recent times
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