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MALL Technology: Use of Academic Podcasting in the Foreign Language Classroom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2009

M’hammed Abdous ,
Margaret M. Camarena  and
Betty Rose Facer
M’hammed Abdous
Affiliation:
Old Dominion University, Center for Learning Technologies, 336 Gornto Center, Norfolk, Virginia23529 (email: mabdous@odu.edu)
Margaret M. Camarena
Affiliation:
Old Dominion University, Social Science Research Center, 2016 Batten Arts & Letters, Norfolk, Virginia23529 (email: mcamaren@odu.edu)
Betty Rose Facer
Affiliation:
Old Dominion University, Foreign Languages and Literatures, 4022 Batten Arts and Letters, Norfolk, Virginia23529 (email: bfacer@odu.edu)
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Abstract

Integrating Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) technology (personal multimedia players, cell phones, and handheld devices) into the foreign language curriculum is becoming commonplace in many secondary and higher education institutions. Current research has identified both pedagogically sound applications and important benefits to students. In this paper, we present the results of an initial study which compares the academic benefits of integrating podcasts into the curriculum against using them as a supplemental/review tool. The study’s findings indicate that when instructors use podcasts for multiple instructional purposes (e.g., to critique student projects and exams, for student video presentations, for student paired interviews, to complete specific assignments, dictations, in roundtable discussions, or for guest lectures), students are more likely to use this technology and to report academic benefits. While the study is limited by small sample sizes and by some within-group variation in instructional techniques, the study provides initial evidence that podcast technology has the potential to provide greater benefits if it is used more than simply as a tool for reviewing. The study’s positive findings indicate that additional research to examine the effects of specific instructional uses of podcast technology is merited.

Keywords

Academic podcastingportabilitymobile assisted learninglearner-centeredinstructional tool
Type
Original Article
Information
ReCALL , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 76 - 95
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 2009

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