A Study of Learning Business English using Mobile Assisted language learning (MALL) Research paper

“A Study of Learning Business English using Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)”

Anjali H. Dave

Enrollment no.3173200120180011

Student of third year BA (English)

Shri Rasiklal M. Dharival Mahila Arts & Commerce College, Valukad

Maharaja Krishnakumarsihji Bhavnagar

“A Study of Learning Business English using Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)”

ABSTRACT:

21st century explored a lot concept regarding internet and its benefits. Corona pandemic also teaches everyone to work from home and work with the impact. This needs a language skill to expand the business with greater way to use and learn a language using mobile assisted language learning. Internet is useful thing to improve English skills especially the business English skills. Internet is most needed thing now days to improve or learn business English some sites and techniques are applicable to find online resources. E–Dictionaries, online thesauri, encyclopedias, electronic spell-checks are finding useful especially, to find online content on everyday base. Online resources help for specific business situations. How to handle a meeting? How to present yourself? Which type of vocabulary good for explain topic? These all solved with help of online website, news {online audio video news}, e-mails podcasts, social-Medias, internet telephony are tools to cultivate LSRW (learning, speaking, reading, and writing) skills. In present time requires communicating with other financial companies and investors. In those communication conference calls, online webcasts and conferences are help for meeting. Slack, zoom, blue jeans, Google meet, blackboard collaborate etc are application through these online meeting is possible. To express yourself accurately in business conferences there are some tools for it online grammar quizzes, vocabulary exercise. By use of blogs, slide share linked In etc improve business English skills and give best in any situations. Business English media and entertainment like YouTube channel, business related films, podcast it will help to improve fluency in language .online things help to improve business English skills

Keywords: MALL, Web 2.0 tools, Blog, LSRW, Business English, Communication

Introduction:   

Nowadays language learning for business field is most things. Technology  plays  vital  role  in learning  business English . In  this  technological  world  some  devices like  mobile  phones , laptop , tablet computers etc. are  applicable  for Language learning . Technology assisted language learning (TALL), Computer assisted language learning (CALL), Mobile assisted language learning (MALL)  In  this  learn  mobile  assisted  language  learning (MALL).  Mobile  is one of  the best  benifitial  thing  for  business   language  learners  because in  this time most  people  have  mobile  phones  . Teachers and  students  are  in  social  medias and  that's  why  they are easily  transferring  some important  information  to each other . That’s all things are interesting and enjoyable for learners. Especially mobile device is usable to business learners who have   to join   international conferences. In this discuss about how Mobile devices helpful to language learners? 

Mobile Learning: 

In all technical and communication device Mobiles are best usable to communicate with people in very easy way. Some advantages of mobile learning is when a person learn in classrooms or on computer devices they are must need to attend class on the particular time. (Eric Baber)  In this  side  learning through mobile  in this  one great thing  that  mobile is  wireless  and small  device , that's  why  person  takes it always  with them . If any student wants to learn in any place then they learn. No need to go in classrooms. In short , person can learn  anytime  in any  place  through  mobile  if  they want  to learn .

Two main characteristics of mobile devices are 1) portability and 2) connectivity. It is usable things to connect and communicate with people in easy way. Mobile  phones  help  to business   learners , if  they  have  international  business meetings  then they  no  need  to  go in  other  countries. They attend meeting through video conference calls. It is a portable device because it has no need to more place like computers and laptops. Person takes it all time with them. So, one can say that mobile is portable and connective technical details dear device.

Though, learning through mobile devices has some disadvantages. Because of mobile is small device, when students or teachers us this for learning purpose it have small screen problems. To buy computers or laptops for learning purpose are too expensive for learner. In business field, when time of conference or international meetings and mobile have some voice. Problem or a screen mistake then person get losing to attend meetings.  However, not all  websites  or  blogs  well  written  or  informative, person  can waste  a lot  of time  in searching  for  good  sites.  If  business Lerner  find  any information  for  business meetings  and take  mistakable topic  in  presentation,  their  efforts  get  waste. After  all this  say  that  learning  through  mobile  devices  has  more  adventages  and  also a disadvantages  but  mobile learning  is best thing  for  learn second  language  easily. Beginners  find  more  and  more  applicable  information  and  tools for  language  learning. 

LSRW Skills: 

To  connect  with  world  through  mobile  devices  is  applicable for  lerners . Some online  websites  and  applications  like  Blogs, SlideShare, link.in, YouTube channels, entertainment  websites etc  are  more  helpful  to  language  learning. Though this wireless device person easily cultivate their LSRW (listening, speaking, reading, writing) skills. In business field person must need to have listening and speaking skills. Some online entertainment tools like, business related films, podcasts, online audio and video news are best things for listening   skills. Good listener becomes good speaker in future. This sentence becomes easily true through mobile devices.

There are hundreds of websites and blogs on the internet. So, read this type of websites is an obvious thing to do in order to improve reading and writing skills and develop Business English vocabulary. Blogs are small websites that allow individuals to post content online. Blogs and SlideShares are sometime use in professional way or personal writing. Like, book reviews, movie reviews, and review of business meeting or in writing short-stories, poems or quotations. News websites, articles, journals etc are best way to improve reading and writing skills.  

Nowadays in online Dictionaries and online thesaurus one new function is allow that is phonetic transcription. Through this function person can listen any difficult words perfect pronounce and use it's in their work. Different meaning, synonyms, antonyms, definition and origin of any words is easily found through this function. Grammar and vocabulary is basis for learn a language fruitfully. In mobile device there are some websites for cultivate vocabulary. Online grammar and vocabulary quizzes help to learn language in perfect way. 

Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL): 

In 20th century one technical device telephone is invented. When Mobile invented at that time it was not much demanded but in current time mobile phone is most needed thing for people. Even one can say that most people live in this technological world they have mobile.  In 1980s Twarog and Perszlenyi Pinter used telephones to provide distant language learns with feedback and assistance. Then mobile assisted Language learning (MALL) is one very usable tool for second language learners.  Before   see  and  discussing  this tool   one  needed  thing  that  connect  with  definition  of  MALL. So here see that what is mobile assisted language learning tool?  And how Mobile Assisted language learning is work? 

Mobile Assisted language learning (MALL) mean an approach to language learning that is assisted or enhanced through the use of handheld mobile devices. Now let’s understand through chart

   

                                                                    Though, Mobile assisted language learning one type of E-learning. Our traditional learning style was a so lengthy process of learning. After old learning process electronic media is one tool for learning and here one most helpful and great process mobile learning. This is a distant and collaborative learning, that mean two persons (student, teacher) is not like gather then it is most helpful thing for language learner. 

MALL includes,

~ Mobile phones, PDAs

~ Pads, as well as handheld / portable dear devices for making - voice calls 

~ Short messaging 

~ Video chats / conference 

~ Audio MP3 MP4  

~ Web surfing and electronic dictionaries 

Mobile assisted language learning (MALL) has been the top trend for the researcher and language learners since 2000.

In this century or in current situation of Covid-19 (Corona virus) is really hard for language learners. Traditional learning is totally converted on online learning. A country unaccustomed to use latest technical tools, inventive method of learning is adaptable to the new learning situations through technological tools. One reality that in Corona pandemic, teaching through online methods or mobile devices is challenging for teachers, because they need to have multi-tasking in their approach. In this time some learning method are on demand or on use in learning. That are Blended learning, Hybrid learning, mobile learning etc. In this type of learning there are usable applications zoom, Google meet, Slack, Blackboard collaborative etc. In short, mobile assisted language learning is one blessed thing in this Covid-19. Situations and only for it people can learn in this situation fruitfully. 

Conclusion: 

At the end of this topic, Learning through mobile devices is one great way to learn business English.  Technology plays vital role in language learning. Mobile phones prove this thing that learning with online technology is better than traditional learning. Learning with computers, laptops and learning in classroom is old and lengthy pattern for learn English language. This portable device helps to connect with world's information and international studies in anytime, anywhere. So, in this see that mobile assisted language learning (MALL) is one of the better things for business English learner to cultivate the learning, speaking, reading and writing skills.  

Now, Learning business English using internet and Mobile Assisted language learning is one perfect method of language learning. 

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Eric Baber, fifty ways to improve you Business English Using the Interne ', published in 

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