Mobile Assisted Language Learning Across Educational Contexts (Hardcover, 1)

List of Contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Mobile Assisted Language Learning Across Different Educational Settings: an introduction Valentina Morgana 1.1 MALL Features 1.2 Research methods in MALL 1.3 Structure of the collection and chapter summaries 　 Chapter 2 Unreported MALL studies: What difference do they make to published experimental MALL research results? Jack Burston 2.1 Introduction 2.2 MALL Meta-analyses 2.3 Sources of under-reporting problem 2.4 Effect of missing studies upon MALL meta-analyses 2.5 Discussion 2.6 Conclusion: The future of MALL research Chapter 3 (Re-)contextualizing Storytelling with Children in English L2: Mobile-Assisted Language Teacher Education Maria Bortoluzzi, Ivana Marenzi, Lisa Bertoldi 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The online and offline contexts 3.3 Theoretical Framework 3.3.1 Multiliteracies 3.3.2 Mobile-Assisted Language Teacher Education (MALTE) 3.3.3 Storytelling for children 3.4 Methodology 3.5 Description of the project 3.5.1 Reflection on observations and outcomes 3.6 Opening up to children and families: mobile storytelling during an emergency 3.7 Conclusions Chapter 4 Effects of an extensive e-book reading programme on middle school EFL students Valentina Morgana, Caterina Pavesi 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Literature review: ER on e-books 4.3 Research questions 4.4 Methodology 4.4.1 Research context 4.4.2 Participants 4.4.3 The graded e-readers 4.4.4 Instruments 4.5 Analysis 4.6 Results 4.6.1 Highest impact lexical items 4.6.2 Lowest impact lexical items 4.6.3 Qualitative and quantitative results of vocabulary items 4.6.4 Learners’ attitudes towards e-reading 4.7 Discussion 4.7.1 Effects of e-reading on students’ vocabulary learning 4.7.2 Attitudes toward mobile-assisted extensive reading programme 4.8 Conclusions Chapter 5 Participants’ perceptions and perspectives of intercultural and social inclusion in an award-winning virtual exchange project Lisa Griggio, Sara Pittarello 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Description 5.3 Verbatims 5.3.1 Technological/Digital Dimension 5.3.2 Content Dimension 5.3.3 Linguistic and Metalinguistic Dimension 5.3.4 Cultural Dimension 5.3.5 Psychological and Social Dimension 5.4 Conclusions Chapter 6 Mobile Collaborative Activities and Learner Metacognition Peter Ilic 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Literature review 6.3 Methodology 6.3.1 Participants 6.3.2 Procedure 6.3.3 Research design 6.4 Results and discussion 6.4.1 Theme one: Short fragmented visits 6.4.2 Theme two: Peers as teachers 6.4.3 Theme three: Mobile as reminder 6.5 Conclusions 　 Chapter 7 Conclusions: A Lifelong Perspective on Mobile Language Learning Agnes Kukulska-Hulme 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Mobile learning past and present ? a scholarly literature perspective 7.3 Key themes in the collection 7.4 Looking to the future 7.5 Conclusions 　 Index