Share Paper: Mobile Photo Note-taking to Support EFL Learning

  1. Yayoi Anzai, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Wednesday, March 27 1:30 PM-2:00 PM Nottoway

Abstract: We take photos to reinforce our memory in our daily life. However, it is not so common to take photos in language classrooms, in spite of the fact that mobile phones are a device almost all students have, and taking photos with mobile phones is also a common activity. So, in this study, we explore the effect of mobile photo note-taking, which may have a significant impact on how we learn. An EFL instruction was developed based on the dual coding theory (DCT) framework. There are scarcely any studies which have examined mobile photo note-taking to verify the dual-coding theory. ...