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How Mall Helps Students Promote Their Learner Autonomy at Văn Lang University Through Out of Class Activities
How Mall Helps Students Promote Their Learner Autonomy at Văn Lang University Through Out of Class Activities
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2020
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Trần Thị Ngọc Linh
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The rapid development of high technologies has brought EFL/ ESL teachers all over the world
a lot of opportunities to experience new devices and applications which help educators or trainers improve their
old existing teaching methodologies (Grammar-Translation Method, Direct Method, Audio-Lingual or Total
Physical Response) and construct suitable ways such as using MALL because “The future is increasingly mobile,
and it behoves us to reflect this in our teaching practice” as noted by Hockly (2013), known as a move approach
to help both EFL/ ESL teachers and learners achieve benefits with positive reactions in their language practices
that have been largely recorded for ages. This research paper, therefore, aims at presenting how MALL can help
students to develop their learner autonomy at Van Lang University in Vietnam. The study was conducted within ten
weeks with the participation of ninety-seven English majors in two academic classes at the pre-intermediate level.
The data was collected with means of questionnaire, observation, interviews, and students’learning diaries. The
findings indicated that the assistance of mobile devices associated with the platform “Google-classroom” known
as a social networking learning management system engaged both social interaction and collaboration of students
closely for outside class activities, and also depicted that their learner autonomy was significantly improved with
amazing results including the awareness of students towards English practices outside the class increasingly,
students’ readiness towards giving their feedback or reflection to the work of their classmates after class positively,
the development of EFL learners’ confidence clearly, and so on. Nevertheless, some external and internal issues
need to be examined carefully for better future research such as the lack of students’ technical expertise, learners’
different language learning styles, the lack of learners’ motivation, limited internet connection, costs for internet
use, and the limitation of students’ communicative or collaborative skills.Tran Thi Ngoc Linh has been teaching
English for tertiary students with more than 15 years. Her lectures include English for Tourism, English for
Hospitality, English for Translation and Interpretation, English for Business Administration, English for
Marketing, English for Teaching Methodology, Academic Skills, and Basic Skills in English. She has mostly worked
for universities in the South of Vietnam such as School of Hospitality Management (VATC), HUTECH University,
BinhDương University, HCMC University of Pedagogy, HongBang International University, and VanLang
University. She has already graduated her MA degree in TESOL from Victoria University of Australia and an MBA
degree from Open University of Malaysia. She has also been conducting her PhD study in TESOL at Hue University
of Foreign Languages, Hue University, Vietnam. Her current research interests include areas of MALL, Learner
autonomy, and ELT.
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Mall,
learner autonomy,
out-of class activities