Research and evaluation project Mobile devices in Language Classroom: theory and practice :

student survey results

Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityFaculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies

S.Titova, A.Avramenko © 2012

Mobile devices in learning foreign languages

http://titova.ffl.msu.ru/for-students-ml-survey.html

Participants: 230 students of the 2-4 years and graduates of MSUTime: September 2011 – March 2012

What mobile devices do you have?

Smartphone

Tablet

МР3

eReader

Telephone

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

What phone options do you use?

SMS

Internet

Digital cam

Apps

Calendar

Player

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Listening

Planning

Writing

Access to resources

What do you use mobile devices for?

Internet Access

Database

Multimedia

Reading texts

Games

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

How often do you employ mobile devices in class and outside the class?

Everyday78%!

!!

Twice a

week16%

Twice a month5%

Never1%

What tools and apps do you use outside the class?

Mobile dictionaries

email

Reference materials

Encyclopedias

Digital cam

Voice Recorder

Online exercises

Never use

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

What tools do you use in class?

Dictionaries

Reference materials

Presentations

Encyclopedias

Voice Recorder

Never use

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

What for do your teachers use mobile devices?

Communication outside the classroom

Multimеdia

Sharing materials

Voice recording

Online exercises

Never use

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

For teaching process or-ganisation

Where are mobile devices worth applying ?

Out-side the

class 16%

In class 7%

Both in

class and out-side the

class74%

Nowhere3%

How do you want to use mobile devices?

Communication and sharing materials

Course apps

Course syllabus with calendar

Podcasts and videocasts

Language Tasks

Assessement

I do not want them to be used

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Do you want to use mobile devices in your learning experience regularly?

YES84%

NO16%

Reports of the interviewed students

• Mobile devices are the best tools to be used for both autonomous and collaborative work

• The 21st century is the era of technology. We need m-learning!

• I used mobile devices everyday while studying in Germany

• Mobile devices do not replace a teacher but they provide an amazing visualization of learning process

• Mobile devices can simplify access to materials and improve academic interaction

Conclusions

Smart phone is the most convenient mobile device for learning

There is no need in expensive computer connected classrooms

Technologically and psychologically students are ready to use mobile devices and apps

Students more frequently use mobile devices outside the class on their own than in classroom work as an access to reference materials, as multimedia material playback and as a means of interaction

They very rarely use in class educational apps; they don't use mobile devices for production or for collaborative activities

Conclusions• Instructors unwillingly employ mobile

devices in their experience, don't guide the students through available educational apps

• The pressure towards the use of mobile devices is coming from students themselves

• it is a must to work out certain steps and strategies of mobile technologies implementation into traditional classroom to avoid undesirable consequences of mobile devices misuse in learning experience