Mobile Devices in English Language Instruction: Facilitation and Benefits

With the aim of illuminating factors that promote or inhibit integration of MALL into taught ESFL programs, and the benefits of such integration, the current study reports findings from an online survey of 70 researchers who conducted studies in this area between 1994 and 2012. Results reveal a rich range of factors, both facilitating and inhibitory, from the institutional down to the teacher, the student, the task and the hardware and software employed. A wide range of benefits was recognized, including the potential for enhancing autonomy through blended learning.