An outline of “Mobile Language Learning: More than just 'the platform'”

Purpose: To provide an overview of mobile-assissted language learning (MALL)

Thesis: Technologies used in MALL should be up-to-date and the platform should accompany the learning activity

Audience: teachers of English interested in EAP

1. History of CALL
2. Appearance and effect of MALL: “new directions in CALL”
3. Problems with Stockwell's research
   1. “Many of his findings seem to have already become obsolete” because he dealt with “pre-SmatPhone mobile phone technology” (para. 2)
   2. He “appears to assume that decisions about the design of the learning software can be separated from the platform.” (para. 4)
4. The effect of current technological advances on MALL: “activities should be app-based” (para. 5)
5. Conclusion
   
   
   
   
   
   
    References
   Ballance, O.J. (2012). Mobile language learning: More than just “the platform.” Language Teaching & Technology, Volume 16, number 3. Retrieved October 2012 from http://caece.campusuniversidad.com.ar/mod/resource/view.php?id=20170