The subject is structured in two parts. The first part has a theoretical nature where the student should study the texts, videos, recordings, etc. provided to acquire a broad understanding on the current issues in the field of MALL. There has been a considerable body of academic literature produced on MALL and related academic disciplines over the past decade, which could be used as basic reading material and course content here. However, to make the task easier for the student, chapters taken from the recently published “International Handbook of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning” will be used. These chapters will be provided in electronic format. This literature study should be undertaken by the student in a proactive and critical manner, i.e., as new information is acquired it should be integrated into the overall perspective a student has, thereby increasing his/her relational and contrastive capacities. Specific attention should be dedicated to the following list of topics:

1. State of the art of the discipline.
2. Integration of other fields of knowledge in MALL: linguistics, pedagogy, cognitive science, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, computing technology.
3. MALL and the development of specific linguistic and communicative competences.
4. Case studies with specific apps and tools.

The basic bibliography of this subject consists of the following book provided in electronic format to the students:

• The International Handbook of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning, edited by Aga Palalas & Mohamed Ally. 2016. Beijing: China University Press.

and a series of complementary articles are also recommended for students who want to complement the basic course text.