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In today’s world, technology is changing the landscape of education and this includes second language (L2) learning and teaching too (Chapelle, 2007; Otto, 2017, Stanley, 2013; Wang & Winstead, 2016). Technology helps students in a variety of ways: it helps them visualize concepts better, communicate with each other and with the teacher more effectively, makes them more motivated, and learn a lot on their own (Baleghizadeh, 2015). Teachers can also utilize technological innovations to provide learners with multimodal feedback (Elola & Oskoz, 2016), help integrate assessment with instruction (Jamieson & Musumeci, 2017), encourage learner autonomy (Al-Jarf, 2012), and develop higher order thinking and meet the needs of low performing learners with learning handicaps (Roblyer & Doering, 2010). Among the technological innovations, mobile and hand-held devices such as smart phones, tablet …