| With the gradual expansion of higher vocational education enrollment, level of vocational students each year landslides. Most vocational college students' overall English level is weak and they learn without enthusiasm, initiative and positivity. Moreover, influenced by traditional teaching methods, students' awareness in participating in English extracurricular activities is vulnerable. Therefore, it is a discussing topic for college English teacher to effectively carry out the English extracurricular activities in higher vocational colleges and make most students participate. Meanwhile, mobile learning based on smart phone has become one of the major learning methods and its emergence can meet the needs of today's society. This flexible approach allows learners to learn independently and choose their favorite learning content, learning time and place to enhance the development of personalized learning model. So, mobile learning based on smart phones applied in vocational English extracurricular activities will have a promising future.This study is based on Informal learning theory, Blended learning theory and Situational cognitive theory. The researcher first pre-tested the 100 students' overall English proficiency. The results showed that students in two classes had the same English ability. By four-month mobile learning based on Smartphone in English extracurricular activities in experimental class, the author gave a post-test of students' interest and comprehensive ability. It found that students' interest in learning English and English overall level has significantly improved, which confirmed that the mobile learning based on smart phone is a very effective way of extra-curricular learning.The present thesis not only provides an importance of the application of mobile learning based on Smartphone in English extracurricular activities, but also offers an effective teaching method for teachers in vocational College. |
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