Educational Science International Conference (ESIC) 2019

Samarinda, 14th- 15th September 2019

LECTURERS’ PERCEPTIONS
Istanti Hermagustiana | Aminah Wulan Rhasa | Yusvanto
English Department | Mulawarman University | Indonesia

01
The effect of the industrial revolution 4.0 on
the increasing use of mobile devices for
02 teaching and learning English in formal
institutions.
The development of learner autonomy
involving the use of mobile-assisted language 03
learning (MALL).
MALL as the assistance to improve students’
language ability, such as online vocabulary
04 enrichment, online grammar learning, online
tests, etc.
Students benefited from the use of MALL. What
about EFL teachers/lecturers?

How do the EFL lecturers What are the challenges

perceive MALL for the EFL lecturers face
teaching English? when applying MALL in
their teaching practices?

■ Instruments: Interview Protocol

& Observation Guide
■ Participants: 4 EFL lecturers
teaching English skills
■ Analysis Technique

MALL is an important aspect in

their teaching process due to its Advantages of MALL: the
effectiveness to help students flexibility to learn
learn and improve English as well materials, time-saving,
as be independent learners. quick access to the online
materials or assignment
submission, the provision
materials inside and
outside classrooms,
MALL provides both lecturers direct assistance for
and students up-to-date vocabulary learning,
teaching and learning materials. students’ boredom
avoidance.

MALL as a supplementary tool in English

Challenges of MALL for teaching and learning:
 Lecturers’ unfamiliarity towards MALL.
 Lack of internet access or connection in
classrooms.
 Copy-paste issues by students.
teaching and learning, particularly in
English skills, such as the use of audio and
podcast used in mobile devices for
listening improvement; the use of online
dictionary to help students translate
difficult words into Indonesian; the use of
online reading texts to increase students’
reading competence.

The existence of mobile technology in classrooms offers

some solutions to English lecturers and students in
relation to teaching and learning materials since MALL:
provides wide access to students’ online learning
materials
• enables online class discussion including assignment
submission
• helps to facilitate effective flipped classrooms