Integrating Mobile Technology Into Traditional Language Instruction

As mobile technologies continue to reshape communication and learning landscapes, their integration into traditional language instruction remains both a promising frontier and a complex challenge. This chapter critically examines the intersection of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) with conventional pedagogical frameworks, highlighting the friction points, institutional resistances, and cultural hesitations that educators often face. Drawing on real-world observations and emerging research, it explores the nuanced challenges of infrastructure limitations, teacher preparedness, and learner adaptability. At the same time, it proposes actionable solutions grounded in reflective practice, inclusive design, and context-aware innovation. Ultimately, it positions mobile integration not as a technological imperative, but as a pedagogical opportunity—one that demands sensitivity, patience, and a renewed understanding of what it means to teach and to learn in the 21st century.