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EFL Learning Beyond the Wall with MALL: College Students' Perceptions

EFL Learning Beyond the Wall with MALL: College Students' Perceptions

Mohialdeen Alotumi
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781799821168|ISBN10: 1799821161|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799821175|EISBN13: 9781799821182
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2116-8.ch007
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Alotumi, Mohialdeen. "EFL Learning Beyond the Wall with MALL: College Students' Perceptions." Enhancements and Limitations to ICT-Based Informal Language Learning: Emerging Research and Opportunities, edited by Rashad Ahmed, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 138-160. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2116-8.ch007

APA

Alotumi, M. (2020). EFL Learning Beyond the Wall with MALL: College Students' Perceptions. In R. Ahmed, A. Al-kadi, & T. Hagar (Eds.), Enhancements and Limitations to ICT-Based Informal Language Learning: Emerging Research and Opportunities (pp. 138-160). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2116-8.ch007

Chicago

Alotumi, Mohialdeen. "EFL Learning Beyond the Wall with MALL: College Students' Perceptions." In Enhancements and Limitations to ICT-Based Informal Language Learning: Emerging Research and Opportunities, edited by Rashad Ahmed, Abdu Al-kadi, and Trenton Hagar, 138-160. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2116-8.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter reports an exploratory study that examines Yemeni college students' perceptions of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL), using their mobile phones, in their informal learning of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The sample population comprised 150 EFL college students. Data were obtained through a questionnaire based on technology acceptance model (TAM). The findings revealed that EFL college students had positive perceptions towards utilizing MALL for informal EFL learning. Most participants maintained positive perceptions on the two constructs of TAM: perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. They believed that utilizing MALL furthered their EFL learning. Therefore, policymakers, curriculum designers, and educators are recommended to capitalize on using mobile phones for informal autonomous EFL learning in a way that can serve the objectives of formal EFL learning.

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