Effects of Mobile Assisted Language Learning on Developing Kurdish EFL Students Listening Sub Skills at Koya University
Many studies have described the use of mobile assisted language learning in language teaching and learning; yet, the number of studies in listening skill remains unsatisfactory, at least in Iraqi Kurdistan context. Few researchers appear to have considered how to use mobile learning devices to suppo...
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| author | Paiman Z. Azeez Fatimah R.H. Al Bajalani |
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| description | Many studies have described the use of mobile assisted language learning in language teaching and learning; yet, the number of studies in listening skill remains unsatisfactory, at least in Iraqi Kurdistan context. Few researchers appear to have considered how to use mobile learning devices to support pedagogical approach to develop academic listening skills. Several studies in the past, required learners to read from mobile phones rather than listening to audios. There were attempts to use computer technology integration into instruction; however, few were in mobile technology. The interest in research related to the impact of mobile assisted language learning on developing students’ listening skills remains relatively low and consequently listening has been neglected. Thus, the current paper aims at exploring the effectiveness of mobile assisted language learning devices both as instructional tools and learning resources within and beyond classroom learning environments to develop language skills in particular listening sub-skills. The experimental design is pretest-experiment-post-test. To conduct the study two groups of experimental (n=31) and control (n=26) out of 57 second year students at koya university/ faculty of education/ school of education English department were made. Both groups were taught the same material, but using different methods. The results of the post-test indicated that the use of mobile assisted language learning devices had impacts on developing experimental group’s listening skills and outperformed the control group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78212171fda9489cbf4884245385e6182022-12-21T22:36:34ZaraKoya Universityمجلة جامعة كويه للعلوم الانسانية والاجتماعية2707-93412522-32592018-08-01118595https://doi.org/10.14500/kujhss.v1n1y2018.pp85-95Effects of Mobile Assisted Language Learning on Developing Kurdish EFL Students Listening Sub Skills at Koya UniversityPaiman Z. Azeez0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5854-5052Fatimah R.H. Al Bajalani1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0986-1005Department of English Language, Faculty of Education, Koya University, Kurdistan Region, IraqDepartment of English, College of Languages, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.Many studies have described the use of mobile assisted language learning in language teaching and learning; yet, the number of studies in listening skill remains unsatisfactory, at least in Iraqi Kurdistan context. Few researchers appear to have considered how to use mobile learning devices to support pedagogical approach to develop academic listening skills. Several studies in the past, required learners to read from mobile phones rather than listening to audios. There were attempts to use computer technology integration into instruction; however, few were in mobile technology. The interest in research related to the impact of mobile assisted language learning on developing students’ listening skills remains relatively low and consequently listening has been neglected. Thus, the current paper aims at exploring the effectiveness of mobile assisted language learning devices both as instructional tools and learning resources within and beyond classroom learning environments to develop language skills in particular listening sub-skills. The experimental design is pretest-experiment-post-test. To conduct the study two groups of experimental (n=31) and control (n=26) out of 57 second year students at koya university/ faculty of education/ school of education English department were made. Both groups were taught the same material, but using different methods. The results of the post-test indicated that the use of mobile assisted language learning devices had impacts on developing experimental group’s listening skills and outperformed the control group.http://jhss.koyauniversity.org/index.php/jhss/article/view/53/26effectmalleflkurdishlistening sub-skill |
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| title | Effects of Mobile Assisted Language Learning on Developing Kurdish EFL Students Listening Sub Skills at Koya University |
| title_full | Effects of Mobile Assisted Language Learning on Developing Kurdish EFL Students Listening Sub Skills at Koya University |
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| title_short | Effects of Mobile Assisted Language Learning on Developing Kurdish EFL Students Listening Sub Skills at Koya University |
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