Students' Perceptions of Using Mobile Technologies in Informal English Learning during the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Study in Chinese Rural Secondary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Guo, Jiayi; Huang, Fang; Lou, Yongqiang; Chen, Shaomei
Titel	Students' Perceptions of Using Mobile Technologies in Informal English Learning during the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Study in Chinese Rural Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Pedagogical Research, 4 (2020) 4, S.475-483 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Guo, Jiayi) ORCID (Huang, Fang) ORCID (Lou, Yongqiang) ORCID (Chen, Shaomei)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2602-3717
Schlagwörter	Positive Attitudes; Value Judgment; Intention; Middle School Students; High School Students; Adolescents; Rural Schools; Informal Education; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Electronic Learning; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Laptop Computers; Access to Computers; Technical Support; Dictionaries; Innovation; COVID-19; Pandemics; Usability; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Werturteil; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Telekommunikationstechnik; Laptop computer; Laptop; Computer; Digitalrechner; Dictionary; Wörterbuch; Ausland
Abstract	During the COVID-19 quarantine period, mobile technologies have been greatly promoted to be used by students to assist their learning. Although mobile learning has been well researched, studies investigating rural school students' intentions were not enough. This study investigated rural secondary school students' mobile technology uptake and their perceptions of using mobile technologies in informal English learning during the COVID-19 epidemic. Results suggested Chinese rural school students held positive attitudes towards mobile assisted English learning, and they most tended to use smartphones, followed by portable electronic dictionaries, tablets and laptops in informal English learning. Rural secondary school students' behavioral intentions (BI) were significantly influenced by perceived usefulness (PU), facilitating conditions (FC) and attitude towards use (ATU) of mobile devices. Innovativeness (INNO) and perceived ease of use (PEU) did not significantly influence students' behavioral intentions. These factors explained 83.1% of variance of students' behavioral intentions. Based on the findings, the study offers suggestions that teachers, governments and educational policy makers take measures to pay attention to students' mobile learning in informal English learning. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Pedagogical Research. Duzce University, Faculty of Education, Konuralp Campus, 81620, Duzce, Turkey. e-mail: ijopr.editor@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.ijopr.com/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01