چکیده

Mobile technology is unique in terms of the unprecedented pace with which it has spread over the last years. Taking a broad sociocultural stance, Pachler, Cook, & Bachmair ( 2010) truly assert that mobile phones can be seen as cultural tools which can transform socio-cultural practices and structures existing in all domains of users’ lives. Such transformation can empower the user to involve in practices and interactions which are not constrained by physical proximity and spatial immobility. Despite the undeniable importance of mobile learning, there is scarcity of research on how to pave the ground to implement using it in the Iranian academic setting. The current study strives to investigate the existing role of mobile (smart) phones in an Iranian university in and out of the classes (formal and informal situations). In doing so, a qualitative design was developed and Socio-cultural Ecology approach (Pachler et al., 2010) which has been derived from Structuartion Model was applied. This framework entails three main aspects including agency, cultural practices and structures which are overlapping, interacting and influencing each other. Thirty EFL students and five instructors participated in the semi structured interviews. The findings revealed the significant role of students’ agency and how it influenced other two elements. Based on the findings, some guidelines are suggested to university professors and other stakeholders in order to maximize the benefits of mobile learning.

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Mobile Learning, Structuration Model, Socio-cultural Ecology approach

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Nasimeh Nouhi , 1398 , Iranian EFL Students’ Mobile Learning in the Digital Area: Insights from Structuration Model , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي