On the Application of Mobile Learning to College Oral English Teaching

Abstract

Social Constructivism claims that learning is constructed during the interaction between people and the environment. The rapid development of the Internet and mobile technologies provide students with an ideal learning environment for such interaction. Therefore, Mobile learning should be integrated into traditional language teaching. In tertiary EFL settings, oral English is often considered a skill students want to develop most. The paper explores one possible model of integrating Mobile Learning into college oral English teaching through a mobile teaching APP called “Mosotech”. A three-stage teaching process is designed and carried out in this integration model. The end-of-term evaluation shows about 83% of students rated this integration as Very Helpful and Helpful. Suggestions are put forward on better implementation of this blended oral English teaching.