作者：Li Wei Wang
　　【Abstract】In this paper，， a case study of MALL in a vocational college in JiangSu province in China is provided. Three classes of freshmen of this college were selected to learn English in three alternative methods： traditional paper-based learning for Class 1， voluntary mobile learning with a mobile app for Class 2 and free learning （either paper-based or mobile learning） for Class 3. In this study， we kept our focus mostly on Class 2. Different learning channels were open for these participants to choose the best suitable way for their own learning. Most participants in class 2 and 3 demonstrated positive feedbacks for learning with the mobile app “Smart Phone Class”. The possible correlations among different learning channels were illustrated for a systematic consideration of EFL with mobile technology. Weakness and possible improvement were also listed for further research and implementation in vocational education system of China.
　　【Key words】vocational education； smart phone； EFL； MALL
　　【作者簡介】LiWei Wang， Changzhou Hygiene Vocational Technology College.
　　1. Introduction
　　In recent years， the ownership of mobile devices esp. smart phones among vocational college students has increased at an impressive rate， mobile assisted（MALL） has been widely applied. MALL has opened a new opportunity and direction in language learning and teaching （Balance， 2012）， and students may be willing to adopt MALL which may reinforce learners’ autonomous learning on their mobile devices （Chen， Y.， Carger， C. L.，& Smith， T. J. 2017）. Meanwhile， little attention had been directed to EFL learners’ activities and behaviours in informal settings to support vocational English learning. Therefore， all factors of inadequate infrastructures， inadequate confidence of learning， inadequate accessibility and so on to learning resources leaded to low willingness and effectiveness to learn English under vocational institutional circumstance. To encourage students to learn English and provide wide accessibility and availability for English learning， a mobile app “Smart phone class” （SPC） was designed and developed particularly for freshmen in a nursing college. The practice intended to charge motivation for English learning in vocational colleges as well as examine the effectiveness of MALL by smart phones in vocational educational context.
　　2. This study
　　The research was a comparative study of certain number of freshmen who majored in nursing. Before the research， all the freshman students’ （8 classes） provincial high entry examination marks are collected as the reference. Meanwhile， a pre-test was given to all enrolled students. And according to their pre-test average scores， three classes， of approximately same average scores were chosen， which included 153 students in total， 2 terms were covered.