Using 3G Smartphones for MALL

Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) is the latest development of Mobile Learning (m-learning) and Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL). This paper will discuss ways in which 3G smartphones can be used for MALL. The built-in functions of 3G smartphones, along with the various Web Apps and Native Apps that can be used to enhance these functions, provide a wide variety of ways in which 3G smartphones can be used in language learning. Some of these include built-in recording function, voice command function, handwriting recognition function, as well as a large number of helpful web-based applications and independent applications. Because this paper could not possibly cover all the options that are available, it will briefly introduce some typical of these functions and applications and explore how they can be beneficial to language learners.