LINGUIST List 28.4668
Tue Nov 07 2017
Diss: Spanish; Applied Linguistics: Izabel Rego de Andrade: ''Mobile assisted language learning (MALL) : an alternative proposal for Spanish language teaching''
Editor for this issue: Sarah Robinson <srobinsonlinguistlist.org>
Date: 03-Nov-2017
From: Izabel de Andrade <izarego
gmail.com>
Subject: Mobile assisted language learning (MALL) : an alternative proposal for Spanish language teaching
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Program: Applied Linguistics
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2017
Author: Izabel Rego de Andrade
Dissertation Title: Mobile assisted language learning (MALL) : an alternative proposal for Spanish language teaching
Dissertation URL:
http://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/325058 Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Subject Language(s):
Spanish (spa) Dissertation Director:
Denise Bértoli Braga
Rodolfo Azevedo Jardim
Dissertation Abstract:
Considering the fact that the use of mobile devices for educational purposes is becoming widespread, lots of applications that promote learning of foreign languages ??are available. In a first empirical study, we went over this reality, what allowed us to identify a mismatch between linguistic and pedagogical aspects of these apps and a contemporary linguistic education that considers systemic-functional linguistics (Halliday, 1978), multimodality (Kress and Van Leeuwen, 2006), critical reading (Braga, 1998) and situated learning (Cope and Kalantzis, 2003). In a second empirical study, the Vecindario application for Spanish language learning was developed according to the Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL). The application project was based on theoretical references of language education and strategies for teaching with digital technologies such as gamification (Werbach, 2014) and storytelling (Xavier, 2015), aiming to explore the technology resources available in mobile devices as well. The experiment consisted in making the instructional design and the digital prototype of the application, and this prototype was made in collaboration with researchers from the Computing Institute at Unicamp. The prototype of the Vecindario application was tested in a group of volunteers and the results found in this case study (FALTIS, 1997; GIL, 2009) pointed out promising ways for other learning experiences of similar nature
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