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dc.contributor.authorKennedy, C
dc.contributor.authorLevy, M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:16:55Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:16:55Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2011-10-20T06:39:00Z
dc.identifier.issn0958-3440
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0958344008000530
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/22941
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses an experiment in sending regular Short Message Service (SMS) messages to support language learning, and vocabulary learning in particular, at beginners' level in Italian at an Australian university. The approach we took built on the initiatives of Thornton and Houser (2005) and Dias (2002b), and was informed by the results of an earlier trial we had conducted with students at high-intermediate level (Levy & Kennedy, 2005). In testing the possibilities for using mobile phones for language learning purposes, we were especially interested in investigating the acceptability of a 'push' mode of operation, in which the scheduling of messages is determined by the teachers. While the students appreciated the experience overall, and found the message content often useful or enjoyable, there was a wide range of views on the frequency of messages acceptable. We are therefore planning the further integration of messaging into the course around a flexible arrangement involving options for high or low frequency of pushed messages, as well as messages available on request - in 'pull' mode.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent128359 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.placeCambridge
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom315
dc.relation.ispartofpageto330
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalReCALL
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLinguistics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4704
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode479999
dc.titleL’italiano al telefonino: Using SMS to support beginners’ language learning
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Languages and Linguistics
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorKennedy, Claire F.
gro.griffith.authorLevy, Michael J.


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