MALL and Language Learning

Yeah! Technology is very important in the education world, even mobile also have important role here especially in language learning. Learn with mobile more interest to study like uses the mobile phone to study, cell phone, and iPod. MALL is different from computer assisted in used because mobile is more simple than computer. There is much mobile which can be used to study like PDA (personal digital assisted), mobile phone, and iPods and MP3 players. Those are what kind of mobile which can use in study language.

§  Mobile phone.

Many advantages from this media that are portable, effective, practice, less expensive, arability can be limited. Besides that the disadvantage from this media is the LCD more small so we cannot see the full picture or other.  Then how we can use this media in language learning that are with mobile phone we can sending vocab, mailing list, video call, etc.

§  PDA (personal digital assisted)

what we can get from this technology are more easily to access data, quickly, more interest, more often associated with m-learning than mobile phone because their use has been integrated into various disciplines within high school, university, and medical school, etc. with this technology we can do anything with it especially in language learning it is can be used to listening skill, grammar, note, translator, etc. but besides of the advantage there is too the disadvantage of this technology that is more expensive than mobile phone.

§  IPods and MP3 Players.

The advantages of this technology in language learning are it is can help to develop the writing skill, listening, record voice orally, oral feedback, it is so portable, able to free download audio, etc.  besides the advantages of this technology there is too the disadvantages from this technology that are if we used it in learning it is need long time to used the soft ware, but even like that much people used this technology because it is more practice to develop our listening skill.

And to design those technology program and activities in language learning are by computer interactivity vs. pedagogical interactivity and pedagogy first and technology second.

§  Pedagogy first and technology second

When we create CALL it is important to remember that it is the pedagogy which controls it.  In other word technology is follow the educator or pedagogy. To create a multimedia CALL program it is essential include the target learner like age, learning style, motivation of learning, etc. then the language level of the learners, the purpose, the pedagogical approach, the appropriate use of technology and the last learning context.

§  Computer interactivity vs. pedagogical interactivity

There is much thing which we can get from computer actually in language learning, that are computer able to present material and provides pre-determine feedback it mean that computer can help us to create something and give the feedback, human to machine interaction its mean that the computer can interactive activities with human with quiz, game, matching, etc. Based on Hillman, et all explain that pedagogy interactivity is belief that knowledge is constructed through multiple type of interaction which include of learner content its mean the interaction between learner’s belief and knowledge with the content, then learner-instruction its mean that interaction the learner with the lecture or guide, and then learner-learner its mean interaction between the learner and the learner, and the last learner-interface that mean interaction the learner between the content, instruction, and other learner.

Besides that there is too principles of CALL program design which include content design, visual design and navigation design. Content design consist of brevity that is component in the writing like short paragraph, used of bullets and tables, etc. then comprehensibility that mean the appropriate learner’s language and information which need to be organized, systematically, and clearly. The next is accuracy, its mean the content are accurate, valid, and unbiased. Then, interestingness and organization. The next important which include in content is visual design which include consistency, good uses of space, legibility, colorful, and contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity its mean that the different one and other should contrast and related with each other.