TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF MOBILE – ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING IN ENHANCING LEARNERS’ ENGLISH VOCABULARY AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN VIETNAM

Abstract

This paper intends to highlight a 21st - century educational shift: the advent of Mobile – Assisted Language Learning (MALL) as a new language learning approach. The main focus is on how high school students in Quang Ninh province update themselves by using mobile technology to support their English language level, particularly in terms of vocabulary acquisition. It also tries to figure out how students learn a language by using mobile devices, and understand more about how teachers and students apply mobile technology in their daily practice. In order to investigate the use of MALL in English language teaching, a questionnaire for students and an interview for teachers were used to collect data. The study used experimental investigation method. The collected data presents that both teachers and students agreed that mobile devices were good tools for improving vocabulary knowledge. The value of MALL vocabulary activities were demonstrated to have a favorable impact on students’ English achievement by assisting them in various courses. The teachers were also aware of the usefulness of mobile devices as new educational instruments for teaching various language abilities.