Using MALL to explore Language Comprehension of Non-native Speakers

Abstract

The Philippines has a bilingual education policy that ensures the development of language literacy in its national language, Filipino, and the global language, English. However, being a linguistically diverse country, most of the population in the central and southern islands are non-native Filipino speakers and expressed that they are not comfortable using the national language and have difficulty using English as well. This study aims to explore Filipino and English comprehension of primary school students whose lingua franca is neither Filipino nor English through mobile-assisted language learning.