TITLE:
Pre-University English as Second Language (ESL) Learners’ Attitude towards Mobile Learning
AUTHORS:
Harwati Hashim, Melor Md. Yunus, Mohamed Amin Embi
KEYWORDS:
Mobile Learning and ESL, English as Second Language (ESL) Learning, UTAUT, Attitude towards Mobile Learning
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.7 No.8,
June
3,
2016
ABSTRACT: Despite computer technologies, mobile technologies are also seen to have proven as potential tools in increasing the learning of language. The fast growth of new generation of mobile technologies has increased the great potential of effective English language learning especially among the pre-university English as Second Language (ESL) learners. This demands the needs for higher education institutions to change over their approach to meet new technological advances and educational challenges. However, since the success of mobile learning depends upon ESL learners’ acceptance of the technology, their acceptance should be a key concern for administrators and educators when are considering the implementation of mobile learning. Thus, this study investigates pre-university ESL learners’ attitude towards mobile learning for the purpose of learning ESL. Data are collected from 378 semester one students from four polytechnics in Malaysia and are analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings of the study are hoped to provide polytechnic administrators a means to make effective fiscal and educational decisions regarding mobile learning and to ensure the fiscal and pedagogical success of a mobile learning initiative in a globally competitive environment.