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Article - Exploring a self-directed interactive app for informal EFL learning: a self-determination theory perspective Vol. & Hal.: Vol. 27, No. 4, Hal. 5767–5787

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The landscape of self-directed learning in mobile-assisted language learning

(MALL) is changing from mechanical and repetitive to communicative and mean-
ingful learning. This is due to the development and integration of conversational

agents into mobile devices. Students can learn a language via a self-directed inter-
active app (SIA) where they can experience oral and textual two-way interaction

with a conversational agent through their mobile devices anywhere and at any time
using the target language. Despite this change, we know very little about students’
actual use of this type of app in an informal setting or their level of motivation to use
these apps. This study investigated students’ usage patterns of an SIA in an informal
setting and how the app supported students’ basic psychological needs (BPNs) by

drawing on the lens of self-determination theory (SDT). One hundred and seventy-
nine Korean EFL primary students were introduced to an SIA, and their usage was

tracked for eight weeks. An analysis of the data identified students’ continuous or

discontinuous app usage patterns, and a following SDT survey indicated that con-
tinuous students reported a more enhanced satisfaction of BPNs than discontinuous

students. Additionally, findings from in-depth interviews provided further insight
into how elements of the app supported or thwarted their BPNs. This study sheds
light on the potential of SIAs as valuable tools for L2 learning in an informal setting.
Future recommendations regarding using or developing SIAs for language learning
were presented from both pedagogical and technological perspectives.

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428.007 JEON e

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: Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2022

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English

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1573-7608

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428.007 JEON e

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Tipe Media

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Vol. & Hal.: Vol. 27, No. 4, Hal. 5767–5787

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