The Effect of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) on Guided Writing Skill of Iranian Upper-Intermediate EFL Learners

Abstract

By the widespread development of mobile technologies such as mobile smart phones, laptops, PDAs and tablets and also their outstanding functionalities, they have drawn the educational researchers’ attention to employ these useful mediums into teaching and learning settings. So the present study was made to find a brand new path which is different from other studies conducted concerning MALL into learning process, in which the effect of MALL on guided writing of Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners was investigated. Thirty upper-intermediate female Iranian EFL learners participated in this study. The participants in both groups were taught the same and they were taught conditionals and passive voice. They had to make sentences using the taught grammar in the class. The experimental participants had to send their sentences to their teachers and their classmates via text message in order to get feedback if necessary. They were also given an android grammar software (Oxford A-Z of grammar and punctuation) so that they could get help when they needed. The method in the control group was pencil-and-paper. The results showed that there was a difference in performance of the experimental and the control groups, which means the experimental group did better in posttest.