THE INFLUENCE OF MALL (MOBILE ASSITED LANGUAGE LEARNING) ON ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTSâ?? READING COMPREHENSION

Yulia Nugrahini

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Technological developments with the adoption of Mobile Multimedia devices and applications have translated into huge opportunities for English as a foreign Language (EFL). The mobile phone can be easily used everyone. Mobile phone have some applications with great advantage for user. Consequently, this study probes the influence of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) on EFL learnersâ?? reading comprehension. The population of this study was vocational student  EFL students (15-17 years old) at SMK Perwari Tulungagung. The material of reading comprehension (englishforeveryone.org) was used to have almost homogenous groups. After administrating the reading from reading comprehension test, 60 students who were randomly and equally assigned to the experimental and control groups (30 students in each group) were selected as the sample of this study. To see the impact of MALL on EFL studentsâ?? reading comprehension, TOEIC reading comprehension test in form of multiple choice and some open ended questions was used as a pre â?? test and post â?? test to assess the participantsâ?? reading comprehension in both control and experimental group.


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