Smartphone-based learning in the Japanese ESL classroom : a case study report /: a case study report. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Smartphone-based learning in the Japanese English as a second language classroom
• Further Information: Note: By Nicolas Gromik.
• Authors: Gromik, Nicolas
• Contents: Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introductory Note; Chapter One; Context and Rationale; Consumer-Friendly Costs and Specifications; Historical Background of Research Project; Cell phone research; Preliminary cell phone research with seven participants; Research Question; Methodology; Scope of the Study; Book Overview; Chapter Two; MALL Research; Investing in Mobile Technology; Cell phone technology; Mobile technology; Cell phones in context; Cell Phone Literature Review; Japan-based cell phone research; Cell Phone-Based Research Constraints; New Cell Phone Features -- New Foci Cell phone photo camera featureCell phone video recording feature; Video production; Literature on filming activities; Cell Phone Video Production; The Japanese Language Learner; Curriculum Design; Examples of syllabus design consideration; Review of the Literature on Learning and Teaching Methodology; Language learning; Language learning strategies; Communicative language teaching; TIP 4 communicative language teaching; Conclusion; Chapter Three; Historical perspective; Methodological and case study challenges; This case study's structure; Type of case study design selected Data collection processGeneralizability; Validity; Construct validity; Internal validity; External validity; Reliability; Reporting bias; Data collection method; The researcher's background; Researcher/facilitator; Sampling; ICT in education and gender differences; Ethics and research approval; Confidentiality; Chapter Four; Introduction; Review of the limitations emerging in the literature; Review of methodology in the literature; Timeline; Sample; Participants; Technology; Task; Teacher guidance; Testing; Research methods; Research methodology; Collecting data from EFL speakers Contributions from prior researchData collection strategy; In-class video; Computer-based survey; Cell phone video production; Pre-intervention; Intervention -- theme-based task; Word count evidence; Post-intervention; Weekly diary; Question 4 -- Strategies to write script; Question 5 -- Strategies to remember speech; Question 6 -- Strategies to improve speech; Question 7 -- Errors identified; Interviews and observations; Observation; Interview; Summary; Post-Intervention survey; Final cell phone video performance; In-class video recording; Final computer-based survey; Summary; Chapter Five ContextThe rationale; Higher education in Japan; The university; Sendai; Telecommunication; Future of communication and the internet; Review of data analysis methods selected in literature; Data analysis process; Putting the information into different arrays; Making a matrix of categories and placing the evidence; Tabulating the frequency of different events; Putting information in chronological order or using some other temporal scheme; Examining the complexity of such tabulations by calculating second-order numbers such as means and variances; Statistical method; Descriptive statistics
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 328 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 371.33/40952; Education; Computer-assisted instruction -- Japan; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers; Smartphones -- Japan; Computer-assisted instruction; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers; Smartphones; EDUCATION / Administration / General; EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions; Technology, engineering, agriculture; Linguistics; Japan; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443893596; 1443893595
• Related ISBNs: 1443816930; 9781443816939
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-328).; Note: Print version record.
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