Annotated Bibliography: Stockwell’s (2012) Answer to Ballance’s (2012) Claims.

Stockwell, G. (2012). Working with Constraints in Mobile Learning: A Response to    

Ballance. Language Learning & Technology, 16 (3), 24-31.

Stockwell (2012) expresses his disagreement with Ballance’s (2012) commentary on the grounds of the latter’s failure to comprehend the activities described and the learning environment in which the research in his study was carried out (Stockwell, 2010, as cited in Ballance, 2012 ). He highlights Ballance’s (2012) unrealistic expectations of the effects of new technologies on learner attitudes.  He also enumerates Ballance’s (2012) claims and provides detailed responses to each of them. Stockwell (2012) concludes his response in a rather biased way. He seems to be personally involved in the discussion, finding it very difficult to be objective. Thus, he uses certain expressions that go beyond the scope of an impersonal academic paper. Certainly, Stockwell’s (2012) paper would have been much more appealing, from a constructivist standpoint, if he had resorted to the implementation of more impersonal language in his response.

 References

Ballance, J. (2012). Mobile Language Learning: More than just the platform. Language Learning & Technology, 14 (3), 21-23. University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. Retrieved 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. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Retrieved October 2012, from 

http://llt.msu.edu/issues/october2012/stockwell.pdf