The Use of Mobile Instant Messaging in English Language Teaching: The Case of South Koreaopen access
- Authors
- Chung, Sun-Joo; Choi, Lee Jin
- Issue Date
- Feb-2023
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- COVID-19; digital language learning; distance language learning; mobile instance messaging; mobile learning technology
- Citation
- Education Sciences, v.13, no.2
- Journal Title
- Education Sciences
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 2
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/86985
- DOI
- 10.3390/educsci13020110
- ISSN
- 2227-7102
- Abstract
- While learning management systems and video conferencing platforms have become a pivotal means for implementing emergency remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the integration of mobile technologies into online teaching has been largely recommended in order to create an interactive educational environment. Focusing on the case of an English Language Program in South Korea, this study investigates the actual use of mobile instant messaging (MIM) applications as a learning aid in online language classrooms and how this was implemented in creating interactive language learning environments during the current outbreak. Based on a questionnaire survey collected from 979 students, it then compares students’ level of perceived satisfaction with their language learning and communication in online language classrooms between the group of students that used MIM during instruction and the group that did not. The discussion presented in this paper provides language educators, school administrators and policymakers at all levels with practical suggestions and ideas to consider, given that our daily communication has become highly dependent on and is increasingly mediated by mobile digital communication technologies and new media. © 2023 by the authors.
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