Mobile Language Learning Applications and Speaking Proficiency: A Randomised Comparison

Authors

  • Katerina-Dim Fotakis Department of Language Education, Evrytania Institute of Learning Technologies, Karpenisi, Greece Author
  • Birute-Egle Jurgutis Department of Educational Technology, Sirvintos Institute of Learning Technologies, Sirvintos, Lithuania Author
  • Dobroslav Gregor-Hla Centre for Education Trials, Kladensko Institute of Learning Technologies, Kladno, Czech Republic Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694354

Keywords:

Mobile Language Learning Applications and Speaking Proficiency; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

Mobile Language Learning Applications and Speaking Proficiency has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to
something a wider community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept
pace. We pull together the current evidence for mobile language learning applications and speaking proficiency, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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