The Current Use of Mobile Devices among Students and Faculty in EFL Teaching in a Saudi Arabian Context

Autor/in	Alshammari, Radhi
Titel	The Current Use of Mobile Devices among Students and Faculty in EFL Teaching in a Saudi Arabian Context
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 19 (2020) 2, S.34-51 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-7242
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; College Students; College Faculty; Second Language Learning; Social Media; Language Skills; Informal Education; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Barriers; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Telekommunikationstechnik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Soziale Medien; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Mobile technology has significant potential to support learning and teaching in English. However, few studies attempt to explore current use by students and faculty members of mobile technologies to facilitate English language learning and teaching in Saudi Arabia. Even fewer studies capture descriptions of current use in the words of these users. The present study focused on the current use and associated pedagogy related to mobile technologies. It drew on findings from qualitative data gathered through focus group interviews of 49 university students and 30 faculty members. Thematic analysis results showed that students predominantly use their mobile devices informally outside the classroom to facilitate their English language learning. For students, social media are particularly popular and provide opportunities to practise their English language skills outside the classroom. Conversely, faculty members emphasised the use of mobile devices formally in the classroom context, expressing views on how they might improve control of student use of mobile devices. Critically, comparison of such use by students and faculty members reveals that students' informal use of mobile devices to support learning is much better aligned than faculty members' formal use of these devices in terms of what one might consider mobile device best practice. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Sakarya University. Esentepe Campus, Adapazari 54000, Turkey. Tel: +90-505-2431868; Fax: +90-264-6141034; e-mail: tojet@sakarya.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.tojet.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01