the mobile language learning field
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To define concepts or technical terms in fuller dimensionality is to place them in their cultural, disciplinary, and temporal contexts
Mobile Internet > m-learning > MALL
Mobility of the learner
Mobile devices Mobile phones, smartphones
Tablets (iPad, etc. – iPod was an intermediate stage), (hybrid) phablets
Wearable networked accessories
Characteristics of mobile devices for learning Portable
Online
Blended
Social
Connecting learners with content, experiences, teachers, & peers
What Mobile Language Learning is Learner-centered m-learning for language acquisition & communication
Future goal: Ubiquitous Language Learning