Implementing an Ecological Teaching through Mobile-Assisted Language Learning in EFL Education

Novawan, Adriadi and Aisyiyah, Siti and Miqawati, Alfi Hidayatu and Wijayanti, Fitri and Rinda, Renata Kenanga (2019) Implementing an Ecological Teaching through Mobile-Assisted Language Learning in EFL Education. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, Proceedings of the eleventh Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2018), 254. pp. 159-164.

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Abstract

Despite the notion of eco-linguistics; ecology and language, has been extensively discussed until currently, its complexity invites studies to make further specific contribution to strengthening the underpinning theories. This paper aims to sustain the emergence of an ecological perspective in the Applied Linguistics by presenting a research finding which investigated the students’ experience when joining an English course applying the Action-based (AB) and MALL. It begins with an overview of contextual background with an emphasis on the sophistication of industrial technology elsewhere including in particular EFL settings which influence demand on the capacity to communicate in the multi-language settings. It then clarifies a general understanding of the ecology of language and mobile-assisted language learning which is prone to that with sociocultural influence. The study reported in this paper used a survey method to 324 participants enrolling in 4 departments at a vocational college. Based on the findings, the application of Action-based (AB) and MALL had given some changes in the students’ behavior which involve the nurture of ecological EFL learning habit through mobile technology, an increase of learning motivation, the improvement of English skills, the enhancement of content-knowledge, and the advancement of technological skill. Keywords—ecological perspective; EFL education; mobile�assisted language learning; technology-enhanced context

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