The Blended Instruction Utilizing Mobile Tools in English Teaching at Colleges of Technology

Abstract

This paper presents a new blended instruction model incorporating mobile-based e-Learning into a traditional non-wired classroom in foreign language teaching. The mobile tool adopted here is iPod Touch. Our lesson was designed based on the motivational model proposed by John M. Keller, which is widely known as the ARCS model. Our study considers the effect of this teaching model on students'vocabulary retention and oral speaking ability, and evaluates the course model in terms of the ARCS model, conducted at Japanese national college of technology. The results suggest that the course stimulated learners'interest sufficiently, and changed their attitude of their learning strategies in a more communicative direction.