PERCEPTIONS OF THE 4TH YEAR ENGLISH PEDAGOGY STUDENTS AT HUE UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN USING MOBILE-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (MALL) APPS FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY

Nguyen Thi Ai Nhi, Nguyen Vu Quynh Nhu

Abstract


The present research aimed to investigate the perceptions of the 4th year English Pedagogy students at HU-UFL in utilizing mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) apps for teaching vocabulary. The participants of the study include 60 HU-UFL 4th year English Pedagogy students. To carry out this study, questionnaires and interviews were used for data collection. The results showed that the students well perceived the use of MALL apps in their teaching vocabulary, as well as the benefits and challenges they encountered during the teaching of English vocabulary via MALL apps. MALL applications have made significant impacts on promoting the students’ motivations and development in the process of vocabulary acquisition. The research findings have contributed to pedagogical practices of teaching vocabulary, and made recommendations and implications for teaching and future research in the field.


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Perceptions, MALL, teaching vocabulary

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