The Effect of Mobile Technology on Classroom Dialogism: The Case of EFL Learners and Tablet
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Mona Bahmani
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Reza Biria
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- Keywords:
- dialogic inquiry tool, dialogic stance, dialogic teaching, Iranian classroom interaction, tablet, teacher roles, MALL
- Abstract
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Over the last few years mobile assisted language learning has acquired substantial
concentration in the pedagogy which led to a significant change in the classroom roles and talk.
The present study sought to investigate the influence of tablets with preinstalled interactive book
on the dialogic teaching in EFL classes in Iran private language institutes. Following a mixedmethod
design with triangulation and using Reznitskaya (2012) modified Dialogic Inquiry Tool
on study of a total of 160 students and 8 teachers for 480 hours, findings showed that such
environments both boosted via grouping features and discussion enhancement and inhibited via
troubleshooting issues and isolating students in tablet aided classrooms. - Downloads
- Published
- 2016-10-03
- Issue
- Vol. 5 No. 4 (2016)
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- Articles