M-Learning: An Integrative Approach to Increase Student Engagement
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https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.1-67.7Keywords:
M-learning, mobile teaching devices, language learningAbstract
M-learning utilizes handheld electronic devices as didactic tools for facilitating learning and teaching within real-time access in the language classroom. Current studies on m-learning suggest that the incorporation of electronic devices can lead to greater student engagement and better performance. Using a questionnaire, 22 professors from the major Bachelor’s in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language from the Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica) were surveyed about how mobile devices are being implemented in the language classroom.
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