Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume 11. Number1 March 2020 Pp.114-123
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol11no1.10
EFL Teachers’ Attitudes towards the Use of Mobile Devices in Learning English
at A University in Vietnam
Loc Van Vo
Department of Research Affairs
Saigon University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Linh Thuy Vo
Department of Research Affairs
Sai Gon University, Hue University of Foreign Languages
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Abstract:
Among the sharp development of modern technology, mobile learning (M-learning) appears as the significantmark of technological revolution 4.0. It has seen that the exponential expansionof mobile devices accompanied their smart functions to support learners’ learning everywhere and every time. Thus, mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) is believed to serve learners’ English knowledge. Although learning through mobile devices is expected to apply appropriately toteaching and learning, teachers’attitudestowardsmobile learning needto be assessedseriously. This writing is to present EFL learners’ psychological preparation to perceive English mobile learning application at University X through a survey on 69 EFL teachers byquestionnaire,including tenstatements within 10 minutes. The investigationis carried out in the second semester of the school year 2018-2019. The qualitative approach was used to collect and analyze data, and findings showed that teachers have positive attitudes towards M-learning and its application at University X can be accepted firmly.
Keywords: attitude, mobile learning, Vietnam EFL students
Cite as: Vo, L. V. , & Vo, L. T. (2020). EFL Teachers’ Attitudes towards the Use of Mobile Devices in Learning English at A University in Vietnam. Arab World English Journal, 11 (1) 114-123.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol11no1.10
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