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Effectiveness of mobile learning in college english vocabulary teaching under multimodal environment

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IC4E '19: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning

Pages 93 - 97

https://doi.org/10.1145/3306500.3306558

Published: 10 January 2019 Publication History

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Vocabulary is one of the three elements that constitute language. Words carry meaning and sentences are made up with different classes of words. Thus, in foreign language learning, vocabulary acquisition is crucial. Thanks to the mobile communications technology, mobile learning has developed into a new learning-mode. This paper investigates the effectiveness of applying mobile learning to college English vocabulary teaching in China. A fourteen-week's experiment proves combining mobile learning with conventional teaching has enlarged students' vocabulary effectively and their level of expression. The interviews reveal first-year college students show great enthusiasm in mobile vocabulary learning and teachers' guidance and supervision are needed during the process.

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Wu M(2023)Data Mining in Mobile Learning: Uncovering Insights for Enhanced Vocabulary AcquisitionProceedings of the 2023 6th Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing Conference10.1145/3639592.3639607(100-105)Online publication date: 16-Dec-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3639592.3639607
Klimova B(2021)Evaluating Impact of Mobile Applications on EFL University Learners’ Vocabulary Learning – A Review StudyProcedia Computer Science10.1016/j.procs.2021.03.108184(859-864)Online publication date: 2021
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2021.03.108

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Effectiveness of mobile learning in college english vocabulary teaching under multimodal environment
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. E-learning

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IC4E '19: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning

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DOI:10.1145/3306500

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Wu M(2023)Data Mining in Mobile Learning: Uncovering Insights for Enhanced Vocabulary AcquisitionProceedings of the 2023 6th Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing Conference10.1145/3639592.3639607(100-105)Online publication date: 16-Dec-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3639592.3639607
Klimova B(2021)Evaluating Impact of Mobile Applications on EFL University Learners’ Vocabulary Learning – A Review StudyProcedia Computer Science10.1016/j.procs.2021.03.108184(859-864)Online publication date: 2021
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2021.03.108

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