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Impacts of Mobile-Assisted Language Assessment (MALA) on EFL Students’ Beliefs About Language Learning (BALL)

Authors
Raden Hasby Isnaindy Fasa, Pupung Purnawarman
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Raden Hasby Isnaindy Fasa
Available Online 17 December 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201215.089How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Beliefs About Language Learning (BALL), English as Foreign Language (EFL), Mobile-Assisted Language Assessment (MALA)
Abstract

Based on 21st-century learning framework, in order to support the students’ skills, knowledge and expertise, assessment becomes one of the critical systems necessary that should be mastered to succeed in work and life. At the same time, new assessment mode has been developed during the time since the wireless technologies such as personal mobile electronic devices are used in assessment procedures. Under this scope, this qualitative case study aims to investigate the impacts of using a Mobile-Assisted Language Assessment (MALA) application (WhatsApp) on Indonesian EFL students’ Beliefs About Language Learning (BALL) in the Indonesian context. The open-ended questions and focus group interview were used to collect the data. The findings reveal that students have positive opinions towards the usage of mobile devices and applications for assessment and evaluation in an online classroom setting and changed their BALL. The results of the study contribute to a future study that concerns with mobile-assisted language assessment issue in the English language teaching field in Indonesia.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 December 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.201215.089
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201215.089How to use a DOI?
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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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