MOBILE-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (MALL) AND VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AMONG ESL LEARNERS

Abstract

This study investigates how Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) affects vocabulary acquisition amongst ESL learners. MALL encompasses technologies that make learning available anywhere and at any time, making use of the unending growth of smartphones and apps, unlike traditional learning. Present research used MALL to quantitatively study how mobile apps, as learning tools, influenced vocabulary learning. Data collected from 150 undergraduate students of higher education institutes of Karachi through convenience sampling method. ESL learners was carried out using structured questionnaires and vocabulary assessments. Mobile learning, learner motivation, and vocabulary acquisition were the study’s main components. This research analyzed the relation, correlation, and regression of the mobile learning and vocabulary acquisition variables to determine how learner motivation impacted vocabulary acquisition. Mobile learning showed a direct contribution to the enhancement of all participants’ vocabulary acquisition. This study places itself within the mobile technologies that could be incorporated within language learning, making it more effective and integrated within practice that regards mobile learning technologies as essential and increases reliance on vocabulary acquisition.