Conclusion: Implementing Language Learning in a Mobile-Oriented Society

Abstract

This concluding chapter summarizes the main points of the previous five chapters, with conclusions and further recommendations for other institutions. It reiterates the methodology introduced in Chap. 1 to define mobile language learning, then briefly summarizes its history in Japan. Some recurring issues led to conclusions such as that small screen sizes could be tolerated because of Japan’s long tenure as a mobile-oriented society. The sociocultural approach in Chap. 2 represented a global consensus among humanistic educators that inspired the pedagogy behind the case studies in Chaps. 3, 4 and 5. Mobile learning was found to bring out aspects of sociocultural theory through factors such as user autonomy. Its effectiveness for EFL should encourage readers to implement m-learning in their own contexts.