Improving English Speaking Ability through Mobile Assisted Language Learning (Mall) Learning Model


 
 
 
 The purpose of this study is to analyze the perception of vocational students about the perception of use (PU) of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), the second goal is to analyze the perception of ease of use (PEoU) regarding Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL). This study uses a quantitative approach. The purpose of this study was to determine the perception of the use of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) in learning English for vocational students at the Mataram Tourism College. 100 respondents were involved in this study. Respondents answered statements about perceived usefulness and ease of use of MALL. Responses to the questionnaire were measured on a 5-point Likert scale, from 5 (“strongly agree”) to 1 (“strongly disagree”). The results of this study indicate that respondents as learners of English as a second language show a positive attitude in terms of usability and ease of use in MALL. In addition, the role of MALL is believed to be able to improve the results and teaching and learning process of foreign language learning.
 
 
 

The impact of Covid-19 disease requires the educational process have to be implemented in an integrated way with technology. Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) as the recent methods becomes more popular because of these, where everything can be simplified by using mobile devices. This research aims at exploring the use of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) on students’ listening activities especially related to their leaning experience. This research investigated the use of various applications and learning resources that can be accessed by students by themselves. It also gave a description about the students’ experience in using the applications on their listening activities which is considered as learning activity that is integrated Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) on the process. This study was designed as descriptive quantitative research. The participants involved in this study were 33 English Department students who taken listening subject. Questionnaire was used as instrument in collecting the data in this stud, and it was distributed by using Google form. It was found that Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) support students’ listening activities through several recommended applications. Most of the students got better learning experience on their listening activities through exercises that they got from the applications they used. It means that Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) brings a great learning experience on students’ listening activities. Therefore, it can be concluded that Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) support students’ listening activities through several recommended applications.

Since technology provides adaptable, learner-centered opportunities for language acquisition, smartphones, and mobile applications have become indispensable in the era of Industrial Revolution 4.0, especially in higher education. Research indicates that both teachers and students view mobile learning as an effective tool for learning foreign languages and that mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has made significant strides in offering resources and language exercises that can be completed at any time and place. The objective of this empirical study is to evaluate how mobile apps affect EFL students' English-speaking abilities and look into the relationship between skill development and app usage frequency. Additionally, it looks for potential moderating and mediating factors that affect how well mobile applications improve English speaking, illuminating the complex dynamics present in the EFL learning environment. The study used a concurrent embedded design and collected data on students' attitudes and views of smartphone English language learning apps (ELLA) through the use of a 26-item questionnaire. The questionnaire had a good degree of internal consistency with a score of 0.95 following data analysis, and t-tests were used to evaluate significant differences between groups. The data were gathered using a Likert scale. The results show that using mobile apps improves English-speaking abilities moderately but consistently, regardless of socioeconomic status. An important factor in this relationship is self-motivation. With beneficial ramifications for educators and legislators, the study highlights the potential of mobile apps as a useful tool for improving English proficiency among different student populations.

Mobile phone is very important for EFL teaching and learning. In education, there are several ways in which mobile phones can increase foreign language education. Then, this is the digital era students are very familiar with using mobile phones, gadgets, and other mobile applications that are English this requires teachers to master various skills. Teachers must be creative in the teaching and learning process, for example, using technology such as mobile phones. This study aims to explore how the teachers apply MALL (Mobile Assisted Language Learning) and what difficulties teachers face in implementing MALL (Mobile Assisted Language Learning) for EFL Learning at a Junior High School in Cirebon. This research was conducted by using a case study method in Junior High School. The subjects of this study were English teachers who had used MALL (Mobile mobile-assisted language Learning) in their learning; The results of this study show that the use of Mobile Assisted Language Learning is related to using MALL devices Laptops, and Mobile Phones as teaching media, and applications used by teachers, WhatsApp, Telegram, YouTube, Google Classroom, Zoom, Jamboard, Padlet, Live Worksheet, and Quizizz in EFL learning. The difficulties that teachers face are Classroom Management, Connectivity and Internet, Distraction, and Time management.

Given the paucity of research on mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) in secondary schools in China, this retrospective case study explored the psychological processes underlying the non-voluntary MALL experiences of Chinese secondary school students during a lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. Drawing on prior technology acceptance studies, we proposed a research model comprising nine latent constructs, and tested it with data collected through a questionnaire survey (N = 265). The results of a structural modeling test showed that subjective norms and attitudes toward MALL were significant predictors of the behavioral intention to use it, whereas perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use mediated other factors that influence attitudes. The findings support the use of the technology acceptance model in investigating MALL acceptance. Implications for the better implementation of MALL, especially in the context of secondary schools in China are also discussed.

Although extensive research has been conducted on the positive impact of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) on student learning, there have been few studies examining university students' attitudes toward the use of MALL for English learning. The study investigates the attitudes of university students toward MALL, focusing on the use of mobile applications to learn English. This study's participants are the English department at a private university in East Kalimantan. This study employs a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview for data collection. The findings from this analysis demonstrated that students had a favorable perception of the usefulness of MALL in various aspects of language learning. They perceived English mobile applications as beneficial for improving their language skills, enhancing work quality, and promoting motivation. These positive perceptions indicated that MALL had the potential to be an effective tool in supporting language learning among students

Listening comprehension is challenging for students because it is more than just the direct extraction of meaning from sound. The literature reflects the need to develop relevant strategies. Teachers typically try to help students structure their learning into three phases: before (pre-), during, and after (post-) listening, emphasizing different cognitive and metacognitive processes. In this paper, the role of MALL (Mobile Assisted Language Learning) is proposed as a way to support this learning process and specifically to scaffold its third phase. A study was carried out with an app that the authors have developed for listening to audio news recordings. There are two versions of this app; the first is a standalone program which the students use on an individual basis. The second links to Facebook to enable students to summarize, share and discuss what they have listened to, thereby refining and consolidating their comprehension. A research question in this study addressed the role of a social network in a MALL app in terms of motivation and learning habits. The results of the study provide pedagogical insights into the answer and the value of including social network-based interaction in a MALL app for the development of listening comprehension.

Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has witnessed significant development, with a growing number of university learners relying on their mobile devices for language learning. However, limited research has been conducted on the influence of demographics, including age, gender, and university level, on students' perceptions of MALL. Addressing this research gap, the current study was conducted at the University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, in Morocco, focusing on English department students. The study employed a quantitative approach, utilizing a questionnaire to collect data from 164 students. Through the examination of variables such as gender, age, and university level, the findings indicated that gender did not significantly impact students' acceptance of MALL while age and university level emerged as influential factors in shaping students' preferences. These findings highlight the potential effectiveness of MALL as a language learning tool. The results are particularly relevant for informing policymakers considering the implementation of MALL-based systems in higher education. Furthermore, educators are invited to consider their student cohorts' diverse age and university-level characteristics and adapt MALL activities accordingly.

Speaking is the process of constructing and exchanging meaning. There are some problems can be detrimental to EFL students. Many students hesitant to speak up and some will almost certainly remain silent due to lack of confidence, prior knowledge of the topic, a poor teacher- student relationship. Recently many alternatives to make students enjoy and confidence to speak up by social media such as tik tok and now social media is a tool to students can improving their skill especially speaking ability. So, this research to find out “ The Effect of Using Tik Tok as Social Media to Improve Students’ English Speaking Ability”This research used descriptive qualitative Methods (Creswell, 2012) explained the process of descriptive method is to find the detailed explanation and description about the object of the research systematically. This research was conducted fifty students at tenth grade STM Taruna Bangsa Bekasi Utara. The data collection get by two instruments namely interview and questionnaire. This finding revealed during learning took place, the student who use tik tok media can confidence to speak up than student can't use tik tok media. They agreed that students need to have their enjoy learning during learning. The result proves that using tik tok as media social can good effect to improve students’ English speaking ability.

A number of important developments of direct relevance to mobile learning. There are two main ways to engage in learning with a mobile device. The first involves using a general web browser to access websites, the second involves downloading dedicated, single-purpose pieces of software called apps. The evaluation of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) resources ultimately comes down to an evaluation of the learning design of those resources. Based on the foregoing analysis of affordances, pedagogies and principles, the authors have developed a framework for evaluating the learning design of mobile resources for language teaching and learning. The framework the authors have introduced above foregrounds educational affordances, general pedagogical approaches, L2 pedagogical approaches, second language acquisition (SLA) principles and affective factors. Through a consistent, wide-ranging approach to evaluation, ideally in each of the pre-, during- and post-implementation phases, our understanding of the ways in which MALL resources can support language teaching and learning processes will be greatly enhanced.

In post-modernity era, the English communication skill must be highlighted as a vital item to attain one’s own target of language learning process gained not only from formal education but also non-formal one. Hence, it may lead all of the educators around the world to strengthen the English speaking proficiency which can be employed through many activities in their language regular classrooms and Indonesian educators are no exception as well to do so. Consequently, the roles of educators become very important due to their challenges to find out a means of teaching approaches that enable stimulating the slow and normal learners to comprehend the materials given by their educators. However, this paper solely focuses on the Young-Indonesian slow learners who need special treatments in their language learning process to at least catch up the average point of their study by using the picture booklets (PBs) to develop their English speaking competence. And therefore, the five core characteristics of slow learners have also been discussing in it in order to facilitate the educators easy to indicate and educate them properly. In addition, the two teaching strategies namely the compensatory teaching (CT) and remedial teaching (RT) are indeed as fundamental approaches too to cultivate the Young-Indonesian slow learners’ English speaking ability.

Mobile technologies may play a pivotal role in language learning in situations where multilingualism may be a key factor in personal and societal development. We review some Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) studies and show that when such technologies take into account cognitive constraints and rely on a coherent pedagogy model they foster the learning process and allow to frame it in the socio-cultural environment of the learner.

Speaking plays an important role in empowering students learning English as a foreign language to actively engage in various aspects of academic life, such as classroom discussions, presentations, and group projects. However, fluency in English speaking remains a significant challenge for many Indonesian students due to limited exposure to authentic English-speaking environments and insufficient practice opportunities. The aims of this study are to find out the environmental exposure in an Islamic boarding school. Besides, this study also explores the students’ perceptions across proficiency levels in increasing their English-speaking ability in that boarding school. Descriptive qualitative design was used in this study. Observation and interview as the instrument to gain the data were administered in one of Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. The observation was done to investigate the extent of the English exposure while interview was delivered to 12 students across proficiency levels. The result showed that activities provided by the institution in fostering students’ confidence and fluency are muhadloroh, muhadatsah, and English Day. Those activities play a pivotal role, allowing them to practice speaking in both formal and informal settings. Additionally, peer interactions and consistent exposure to English in daily routines contribute to building communicative competence and reducing language anxiety as the students’ effort in increasing their English speaking ability.

The research of communication strategies has been conducted over three decades. A considerable amount of studies have focused on the identification and classification of communication strategies. However, there has been relatively a small amount of research on the relationship of communication strategy use, types of task, and strategy instruction effect. This study examines how strategy-based instruction could affect Korean EFL college-level students' English speaking abilities and their strategy use in relation to two speaking task types. A total of 81 students participated in the research, and they were divided into the experimental group who received the strategy instruction and the control group who had no strategy instruction. The results showed that both control and experimental groups have significantly improved their speaking proficiency in terms of their overall speaking performance. However, when their speaking abilities were compared by subscales, such as accuracy, fluency and pronunciation, significant differences were found in the accuracy and fluency areas on the picture description. The findings also revealed that the strategy instruction positively influenced the students' use of the speaking strategies, and their strategy uses were somewhat different from the task type. Theoretical and pedagogical implications are discussed.

Argumentative Writing is the last writing skill given to the fourth semester of English Department students. It equips the students to present convincing argument as well as critical analysis in the form of argumentative essay. Argumentative Writing course is important since it introduces them in elaborating previous studies to support their argument in composing thesis. English Department students of STKIP PGRI Jombang tend to get difficulties in explaining the previous studies critically. As a matter of fact, most students were confused in relating their argument with the previous studies. Terms connecting previous studies indicate that the students are able to compose thesis scientifically. Thus, this study was conducted to show the use of digital feedback by involving both CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) and MALL (Mobile-Assisted Language Learning) in teaching argumentative writing. The improvement of the students’ ability in argumentative writing by using digital feedback is based on at least 15 achievement gain point reached by 80% of the class. The study found that some students need to have face to face consultation in confirming their final draft.