This Annotated Bibliography provides an overview on Stockwell's (2012) reply to Ballance's (2012) critical insights

Annotated Bibliography: A Thorough Reply to Ballance’s Critical Pespective

Source: Stockwell, G. (2012). Working with constraints in mobile learning: A response to Ballance Language Learning & Technology, 16(3): 24-31. Retrieved on October, 2012 from http://llt.msu.edu/issues/october2012/ballance.pdf

       Stockwell (2012) aims to reply thoroughly to Ballance’s (2012) critical view on his research project findings obtained in 2010. Stockwell (2012) supports his ideas by means of supplying some responding insights regarding the following claims posed by Ballance (2012): the pen-and-paper nature of Stockwell’s activities designed for MALL (Mobile assisted language learning) and the obsolete essence of Stockwell’s findings research. With the aim of explaining in detail the nature of MALL activities, Stockwell (2012) states that “Perhaps the most important point to clarify is that the vocabulary selected for the activities were taken from authentic videos of human interest stories from a US news program” (p. 24). Besides, he highlights that during the research, students presented learning difficulties with some vocabulary. Consequently, those demanding vocabulary items were used in the activities. Stockwell (2012), finally reflects upon the idea that technological evolution is part of learners’ lives; subsequently, it is also part of the learning and researching environment.

References

Ballance, J. O. (2012). Mobile language learning: More than just “the platform”. Language Learning & Technology, 16(3): 21-23. Retrieved on October, 2012 from http://llt.msu.edu/issues/october2012/ballance.pdf 

Stockwell, G. (2012). Working with constraints in mobile learning: A response to Ballance. Language Learning & Technology, 16(3): 24-31. Retrieved on October, 2012 from http://llt.msu.edu/issues/october2012/ballance.pdf