Understanding students and teachers’ attitude towards the use of Mobile-assisted Language Learning

الملخص

The study aims to investigate teachers and students‟ attitude towards the use of Mobile
Assisted Language Learning in teaching English language. The aim of the study is to gain insight
into the awareness of the students and teachers to the importance of implementing mobile
technology in learning English language .A questionnaire containing both quantitative and
qualitative questions was employed. For the purpose of collecting the data, a total number of „32‟
students and „10‟ teachers from English language major of the college of education at Dongola
University have been surveyed. The tenth semester ELT students were targeted .Then, the data
were analyzed quantitatively using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS
program) While open-ended questions are descriptively discussed. The findings reveal that the
overall mean score for the students‟ attitude toward the use of mobile technology for language
learning is (M = 2.85)and for the teachers (M = 2.86) out of (3.00) which means ,both teachers
and students have positive attitudes towards the use of MALL in learning English language. The
study recommends that teachers should not ban the use of mobile phones in their classrooms, but
they should use them wisely and under control and to be open minded and try to change their
traditional ways in teaching by directing their students to use all means that lead them to success
and to draw their attention to the importance of using mobile technology in learning English. .