THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES OF MOBILE-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING AND MIND MAPPING IN THE TEACHING OF WRITING IN ESL CLASSROOMS

Abstract

Mobile assisted language learning (MALL) is a highly popular
multidisciplinary study field which increasingly attracts the attention of
scholars around the world. Moreover, it has attracted the scholars who
have realized the potential to apply mobile technologies to enhance
learning. This paper explores the perspectives and practices of mobileassisted

language learning and mind mapping and their practices in
teaching of writing in the ESL classrooms. Few aspects are covered like
defining MALL, theoretical perspectives drawn from MALL, relating
these to the practice of MALL and mind mapping in writing, pedagogical
approaches used in MALL and issues faced in the ESL writing
classrooms. Thus, it is showed that MALL can be incorporated into
writing by using it with several writing approaches and techniques which
counterparts the pedagogical advantages in mobile language learning
contexts. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the reviewed
studies and it implicates that mobile learning and mind mapping has good
prospects for teaching writing to ESL students.