Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Contexts and Challenges (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)

The increased use of sophisticated mobile devices opens up new possibilities and challenges for language teachers and learners, which has led to an increasing need to consider issues relating to mobile technologies specifically. To date, there is no comprehensive book-length treatment of issues relating to mobile-assisted language learning (MALL). This book fills that gap, providing a resource for present and future language teachers, and for graduate students of applied linguistics and TESOL, to understand how mobile devices can best be used for language teaching. It is founded on existing research, practice and theory, and offers a balanced perspective, based on the author's own experiences with mobile learning - considering the limitations of such an approach, as well as the benefits. Written in a practical and approachable tone, it provides a much-needed guide to MALL, and its fascinating insights promote further debate within the field.

Glenn Stockwell is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies, Waseda University. He is co-author of CALL Dimensions (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006) with Mike Levy and editor of Computer Assisted Language Learning: Diversity in Research and Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2012). He is Editor-in-Chief of The JALT CALL Journal and the Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics and Associate Editor of Computer Assisted Language Learning.