Title:	AN ANALYSIS OF UTILIZING MOBILE PHONES AND ITS IMPACT TO LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE
Author(s):	Charito G. Ong
ISBN:	978-972-8939-38-0
Editors:	Miguel Baptista Nunes and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2011
Edition:	Volume II
Keywords:	Mobile phones, mobile learning, communicative competence, information and communication technologies, language ratings
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	130
Last Page:	134
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Notwithstanding the step up in educational indicators like college attendees, noteworthy challenges linger concerning the delivery of quality education in both public and private institutions. Stabbing to find feasible resolutions to these challenges, a large amount of hope is placed in new information and communication technologies (ICTs), mobile phones being one example(Ramos,2008). This paper then evaluates the substantiation of the role of mobile phone-facilitated Learning to enhance educational outcomes in Capitol University by investigating the results of mLearning intervention. Specifically, this research examines the impact of mobile phones to College English performance in two specific ways: 1) its influence to language ratings, and 2) in promoting communicative competence. Analysis of the language classrooms indicated that there is relevant evidence of mobile phones facilitating students’ communicative competence in their English language classes. Mobile learning, or mLearning, in this paper takes advantage of opportunities offered by portable technologies. The term covers: learning with portable technologies, where the focus is on the technology which could be in a fixed location, such as a classroom; learning across contexts, where the focus is on the mobility of the learner, interacting with portable or fixed technology; and learning in a mobile society, with a focus on how society and its institutions can accommodate and support the learning of an increasingly mobile population (Atkinson, 2007). The concept of mobile learning understood as learning facilitated by mobile devices in this paper gains toehold in the academic society. Findings of the rising number of mLearning associated by the development of students’ communicative competence earned focus here as well. With the escalating interest now being given to the function of mobiles in the educational sector of the academe, there is a need at this point in time to take stock of the available evidence of the educational benefits that mobile phones provide towards students’ language competencies. Thus, this paper explores the results of observing mLearning-abled-students that took place in Capitol University in relation to their Language performance in their English classes. In exploring how mobile phone-facilitated mLearning contributes to improved language competencies, this paper earned two specific issue-results: 1) the influence of mobiles in English Language performance was declared highly significant based on findings, and 2) the role of mobiles in promoting students’ communicative competence was rated highly exceptional. Of note, the classes observed mostly used mobile phones in their language classes. The formation of this paper flows as follows. After the introduction, the paper slots in with the literature that discusses how mobile technology can address interrelationship with communicative competencies. The paper then examines college English classes that involved the use of mobile phones as a teaching methodology. The paper wraps up with a discussion of the potential of mobile phone-facilitated mLearning in improving language skills as well as with indications for possible future areas of research.
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