Abstract
Language learning has undergone rapid changes over the past several years from computer-assisted learning to more recently, mobile devices. Mobile devices have become useful learning tools that can potentially be applied in both various settings. This study adopted 44 peer-reviewed journal articles published between from 1993 to 2013 to demonstrate that mobile assisted language instruction provided meaningful average improvement with an overall mean effect size of 0.54. The current analyses revealed few statistically significant findings when applied into some moderators.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Attewell, J., Webster, T.: Engaging and supporting mobile learners. In: Proceedings of M-Learning 2004: Mobile Learning Anytime Everywhere, London, pp. 15–20 (2004)
Chinnery, G.M.: Emerging technologies going to the mall: mobile assisted language learning. Lang. Learn. Technol. 10(1), 9–16 (2006)
Norris, C., Soloway, E.: Envisioning the handheld centric classroom. J. Educ. Comput. Res. 30(4), 281–294 (2004)
Tatar, D., Roschelle, J., Vahey, P., Penuel, W.: Handhelds go to school. IEEE Comput. 36(9), 30–37 (2003)
Frohberg, D., Goth, C., Schwabe, G.: Mobile learning projects – a critical analysis of the state of the art. J. Comput. Assist. Learn. 25(4), 307–331 (2009)
Fleischer, H.: What is our current understanding of one-to-one computer projects: a systematic narrative research review. Educ. Res. Rev. 7(2), 107–122 (2012)
Godwin-Jones, R.: Emerging technologies mobile apps for language learning. Lang. Learn. Technol. 15(2), 2–11 (2011)
Kukulska-Hulme, A., Shield, L.: An overview of mobile assisted language learning: from content delivery to supported collaboration and interaction. ReCALL 20(3), 271–289 (2008)
Ary, D., Jacobs, L.C., Razavieh, A.: Introduction to research in education, 6th edn. Wadsworth, Belmont (2002)
Best, J.W., Kahn, J.V.: Research in Education, 9th edn. Allyn and Bacon, Boston (2003)
Cohen, L., Manion, L., Morrison, K.: Research methods in Education, 5th edn. Routledge Falmer, London (2000)
Lipsey, M.W., Wilson, D.B.: Practical Meta-Analysis. Sage, Thousand Oaks (2000)
Lan, Y.J., Sung, Y.T., Chang, K.E.: A mobile-device-supported peer-assisted learning system for collaborative early EFL reading. Lang. Learn. Technol. 11(3), 130–151 (2007)
Lan, Y.J., Sung, Y.T., Chang, K.E.: Let us read together: development and evaluation of a computer-assisted reciprocal early English reading system. Comput. Educ. 53(4), 1188–1198 (2009)
Zurita, G., Nussbaum, M.: Computer supported collaborative learning using wirelessly interconnected handheld computers. Comput. Educ. 42(3), 289–314 (2004)
Borenstein, M., Hedges, L.V., Higgins, J.P.T., Rothstein, H.R.: Introduction to Meta-Analysis. Wiley, Chichester (2009)
Bernard, R.M., Abrami, P.C., Lou, Y., Borokhovski, E., Wade, A., Wozney, L., Wallet, P.A., Fiset, M., Huang, B.: How does distance education compare with classroom instruction? A meta-analysis of the empirical literature. Rev. Educ. Res. 74(3), 379–439 (2004)
Cohen, J.: Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edn. Erlbaum, Hillsdale (1988)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
Lee, YS., Sung, YT., Chang, KE., Liu, TC., Chen, WC. (2014). A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Learning Languages with Mobile Devices. In: Cao, Y., Väljataga, T., Tang, J., Leung, H., Laanpere, M. (eds) New Horizons in Web Based Learning. ICWL 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8699. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13296-9_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13296-9_12
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-13295-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-13296-9
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)