Establishment of a Mobile-Assisted Language Teaching Model for English Teachers of Technological Universities and Colleges

In the past decades, with the rapid development and growth of educational technology and mobile communication technology, many prior studies show that the teaching approaches of English as a second language (ESL) have shifted from in-class instruction, to computer-assisted instruction (CAI), to mobile-assisted language learning (MALL). This study aims to establish a mobile-assisted language teaching (MALT) model by analyzing two small scale studies involving the mobile application, LINE, to assist in ESL learners´ general and English for specific purposes (ESP) learning. Regardless of length of the mobile-assisted language instructions in the two cases, the results show that the students made progress in their English performance and their English learning motivation, thus enhancing their attitudes. The MALT model generated from the two cases can aid teachers and researchers in the fields of ESL, ESP, TESOL, and educational technology in enhancing their teaching efficiency and students´ learning performance.