Language Teaching Research Quarterly

Conclusion 
The findings of this research imply a positive effect of the mobile-assisted language learning 
approach on student writing skills; MALL improves the content and grammar aspects of ESL 
Arab learners; nevertheless, these students were also less likely to improve their writing skills in 
mechanics and word choice aspects via mobile phone technology. It is important to address that 
other studies can explore whether student mobile interaction can lead to positive effects on 
spelling, capitalization, punctuation and word choice by designing intensive tasks to develop 

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Language
Teaching
Research
Quarterly,
2020,
Vol.20,
1–18