Investigating EFL teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the usefulness of mobile-assisted language learning mall in enhancing students' vocabulary knowledge

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2018
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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Many EFL students may not have a rich vocabulary which allows them to use English communicatively. Mobiles are popular devices that can enhance students’ vocabulary. The present study aims to identify teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the effectiveness of using mobile-assisted language learning in enhancing students’ vocabulary knowledge. In order to achieve this aim, two questionnaires have been distributed. The first one was delivered to twenty (20) teachers at the department of English, Larbi Ben M’Hidi University. The second one was administered to sixty (60) Students, first year Master. After the analysis of the questionnaires’ results, we notice that both EFL teachers and students have positive attitudes towards the usefulness of mobile devices to learn vocabulary.Therefore; teachers should encourage students to use mobile applications to learn English vocabulary. They also have to implement both printed materials and mobile devices to teach vocabulary.
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Vocabulary learning, Mobile assisted : language hearning, Mobile learning
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