Integrating WeChat-based Mobile-Assisted Language Learning into College English Teaching

Min Guo; Minjuan Wang

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Integrating WeChat-based Mobile-Assisted Language Learning into College English Teaching

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@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155646,
    author={Min Guo and Minjuan Wang},
    title={Integrating WeChat-based Mobile-Assisted Language Learning into College English Teaching},
    journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning},
    volume={5},
    number={17},
    publisher={EAI},
    journal_a={EL},
    year={2018},
    month={10},
    keywords={WeChat, Mobile-assisted Language Learning, College English Curriculum},
    doi={10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155646}
}

Min Guo
Minjuan Wang
Year: 2018
Integrating WeChat-based Mobile-Assisted Language Learning into College English Teaching
EL
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155646

Min Guo¹^,*, Minjuan Wang²

1: School of Foreign Languages, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Hubei Province, China
2: Learning Design and Technology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

*Contact email: 113200428@qq.com

Abstract

WeChat, one of the most popular social networking tools in China, has attracted attention of educators to its pedagogical value such as its support for interactivity and real-time communications. Based on the literature review of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) and WeChat, the paper aims to analyse the affordances of WeChat application in MALL, explore how to integrate WeChat-based Mobile-assisted Language Learning (MALL) into College English Curriculum so as to promote students’ engagement in learning and to improve their learning outcomes

Keywords: WeChat, Mobile-assisted Language Learning, College English Curriculum

Received: 2018-06-25
Accepted: 2018-10-02
Published: 2018-10-03
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155646

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