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The use of tablets in teaching and learning French as foreign language in Greece : teachers point of view

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Published: Dec 21, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/icodl.1069
Keywords:
m-learning MALL tablets French as a Second Language teacher’s perspective
Πηνελόπη Σταύρος Κρυστάλλη
Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5262-7495
Ιωάννα Αντωνιος Ηλία
Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8050-9645
Abstract

Information and communication technology (ICT) have changed the way we teach foreign languages (FL) as well as the FL teacher's role, attitude, and the educational practices and strategies used in the classroom. Traditional methods and approaches of teaching have been replaced by e-learning and recently by m-learning. In fact, during the last decade, new technologies and software have facilitated the creation of MALL applications especially for tablets.

The main focus of this research was to identify the point of view of in-service French language teachers regarding the use of tablets in the classroom. The research also sought to understand the main reasons and factors which influence teachers’ attitude and beliefs of the use of this device for educational purposes. For this end, a questionnaire was used as a research tool. The questions were formed in order to connect theoretical models with the specific research and also to answer research questions. The questionnaire was answered by 106 in-service French language teachers, from different parts of Greece.

This paper will firstly introduce the area of m-learning and MALL through a summary of the literature and present the analysis of the data collected. 

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Author Biographies
Πηνελόπη Σταύρος Κρυστάλλη, Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο

Διδάκτωρ Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου

ΣΕΠ στο Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο

Στο Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα 

Διδακτική της Γαλλικής ως Ξένης Γλώσσα

 

 

 

Ιωάννα Αντωνιος Ηλία, Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο

Εκπαιδευτικός Γαλλικής Γλώσσας 

Ιδιωτική Εκπαίδευση

MSc

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