Effects of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Through the Listen English Daily Practice App on EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension and Self-Efficacy

Subject Areas : Technology in second language pedagogy

Fatemeh Sadat Zohouri ¹ , Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi ² , Seyyed Morteza Hashemi Toroujeni ³

1 - Master Student, Department of Foreign Languages, Electronics Campus, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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3 - Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Received: 2024-10-07 Accepted : 2025-01-29 Published : 2025-02-10

Keywords: EFL learners, Listening skill, MALL, Self-efficacy, Technology-based instruction,

Abstract :

The present quasi-experimental research design investigated the effect of MALL on enhancing listening ability and self-efficacy of EFL learners. The "Listen English Daily Practice" App was utilized to improve EFL listening proficiency and self-efficacy. To do so, 60 female intermediate EFL learners were selected based on a convenience sampling procedure and the results of the Oxford Placement Test (OPT) from a private language institute. They were then divided into two homogenized groups, i.e. an experimental (MALLG) and a control group (CG). Listening section of the Longman TOEFL Preparation was used as a listening pre-test and post-test, as well as Learners' listening self-efficacy beliefs were measured using an English listening self-efficacy questionnaire. The finding suggested that using MALL through Listen English Daily Practice App had a significant effect on the EFL learners’ listening comprehension ability. And  also the integration of mobile-technology in the form of Listen English Daily Practice App within the language learning process could lead to significant enhancement of English self-efficacy. Thus, syllabus designers should consider incorporating MALL or similar apps into language curricula to provide learners with additional opportunities for practice and development of listening skills.

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