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A Report on the use of Mobile Phones in EFL Classes
The goal of this paper is to report on English as a foreign language (EFL) classes in which mobile phones were either used for educational purposes, or prohibited. The authors created and conducted a questionnaire to learn the amount of study time, motivation and opinions related to using mobile phones for educational purposes of 181 students who participated in classes in which the teachers either encouraged the use of mobile phones through certain activities, or prohibited their use. The results indicated that although there were no statistically significant differences in motivation, students in classes in which mobile phones\u27 use was allowed tended to study significantly more than students in classes in which the use of mobile phones was prohibited. Feedback from students suggested that using mobile phones during class brings many benefits to the lesson, showing a desire for teachers to make use of these tools more regularly. In this fashion, we emphasize that by using mobile phones during EFL classes, teachers can enable students to have access to lesson content more readily, enabling them to increase their learning potential anytime they have their mobile phone on hand