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Mobile Phones-Assisted Practice and Note-Taking in Foreign Language Oral Production

Mobile Phones-Assisted Practice and Note-Taking in Foreign Language Oral Production

Diana C. Durán-Bautista, Sandra Patricia Huertas-Malagón
Copyright: © 2021 |Volume: 13 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 22
ISSN: 1941-8647|EISSN: 1941-8655|EISBN13: 9781799860457|DOI: 10.4018/IJMBL.2021040104
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Durán-Bautista, Diana C., and Sandra Patricia Huertas-Malagón. "Mobile Phones-Assisted Practice and Note-Taking in Foreign Language Oral Production." IJMBL vol.13, no.2 2021: pp.1-22. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJMBL.2021040104

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Durán-Bautista, D. C. & Huertas-Malagón, S. P. (2021). Mobile Phones-Assisted Practice and Note-Taking in Foreign Language Oral Production. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), 13(2), 1-22. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJMBL.2021040104

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Durán-Bautista, Diana C., and Sandra Patricia Huertas-Malagón. "Mobile Phones-Assisted Practice and Note-Taking in Foreign Language Oral Production," International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) 13, no.2: 1-22. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJMBL.2021040104

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Abstract

In foreign language instruction, students are often exposed to computer-mediated testing in international exams and language courses; however, regular classrooms are not equipped with computer labs to offer a lesson coherent with that testing procedure. To fill this gap, mobile-assisted language learning emerges as a portable option for computer-mediated learning and testing. Hence, this action research aims to study the implementation of mobile phones-assisted practice, combined with note-taking, as test-wise and test-management strategies, to tackle the needs of 218 participants who were taking an English as a foreign language program at a Colombian university. In the diagnostic stage, learners expressed that the most difficult computer-assessed skill was speaking, due to lack of confidence and suitable strategies. Findings revealed an improvement in students' oral performance, collaboration levels, and high acceptance of mobile phones-assisted practice as a test preparation tool that facilitates autonomy, metacognition, and peer-feedback.