Yasushige ISHIKAWA    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Professor
Date	2011/08/31
Presentation Theme	Mobile assisted language learning in Japan: The development and use of data-based word lists for vocabulary learning and academic reading practice
Conference	EUROCALL 2011
Promoters	European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Venue	The University of Nottingham, UK
Publisher and common publisher	Craig Smith, Ichiro Akano, Yasushige Ishikawa, Katsuzi Nagai
Details	This paper reports on the creation and use of vocabulary databases from United Nations documents to support the vocabulary learning and reading skill development of students who major in International Studies at a university in Japan. The databases are being used to create mobile assisted language learning (MALL) word lists for International Studies courses and five-step learning modules to be used on mobile devices such as cell phones and tablet PCs. The words on the lists consist of technical and other low frequency words, selected by frequency and range analysis as well as by applying teachers’ intuition about word usefulness. Students are provided with information about, and training in the use of, MALL blended-learning strategies to deal with these types of words when they meet them in texts.