Mobile phones may be useful in language education, as a means for students to communicate free of classroom pressures, and to help teachers in remote locations and/or working across a range of schools.The Mobile Application for Language Learning (MALL) project investigated the use of mobile phones to develop secondary students' conversational use of Indonesian. Trialled in 11 schools across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, the project was well received by the students and teachers taking part. The trial produced improvements in students' test outcomes suggesting that there is merit in considering this technology for more broad-based use in teaching languages and other subjects.
Through the mobile phones, students listened to pre-recorded questions in Indonesian delivered over a computer. They gave spoken answers drawing on facts supplied in support material such as a street map and a hard copy restaurant menu. The students were required to have some prior knowledge of Indonesian, both in listening and interpreting text and culture. The language of the questions was at the same level of formality as that found in contemporary spoken Indonesian. For some questions students were asked to take the role of informant, such as waitress or estate agent, to foster a greater sense of intercultural communication.
Student answers were recorded and uploaded to a website for marking and commentary, through a system provided by Learnosity (www.learnosity.com). On the site, students could listen to and re-record their answers before submission for marking, and could later review their mark and listen to model answers.
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