Yasushige ISHIKAWA
Department Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies Position Professor |
|
Date | 2011/03/10 |
Presentation Theme | HELPING STUDENTS PREPARE FOR TOEIC TESTS: MOBILE ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING PRACTICES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-REGULATED LEARNING SKILLS |
Conference | IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning 2011 |
Promoters | International Association for Development of the Information Society |
Conference Type | International |
Presentation Type | Speech (General) |
Venue | Avila, Spain |
Publisher and common publisher | Mutsumi Kondo, Yasushige Ishikawa, Craig Smith, Kishio Sakamoto, Hidenori Shimomura, Norihisa Wada |
Details | A MALL learning module was developed for use in conjunction with an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course for first-year university students. A Nintendo DS mobile device and its software called ‘DS More Training for the TOEIC Listening and Reading Tests’ were used to deliver a learning module. The success of MALL may depend on whether students can engage in self-regulated learning (SRL), a type of self-study in which students take responsibility for making, carrying out and evaluating strategic learning plans. It was concluded that the Nintendo DS mobile device and the learning module fostered self-study practices in terms of time spent on learning tasks, levels of satisfaction derived from the tasks, and self-measured achievement. SRL, in terms of the specificity of the goals, the customized creation of learning tasks and its in-class application, was a prominent feature of the self-study which occurred with students in MALL courses. |