Abstract：Mobile Learning is a significant part of Electric Learning, and now has become a hot topic in the field of education especially language learning such as English. It is a basic issue to overall know the nature of M-Learning and get a clear understanding of the relationship between learning and technology. Distributed Cognition is a system including cognitive subject and environment, and it is also a new analysis unit that includes all the things involved in cognition. And it is a proper theory to study M-Learning and it is also coincident with the requirement of M-Learning. The paper will make the research on English mobile learning based on the theory of distributed cognition.

　　　This paper is divided into four parts. Firstly, this paper introduces the background, purpose and significance and framework. And then this paper explores the function of M-Learning in language learning from the distributed cognition perspective, pointing out that M-Learning should be regarded as cognitive tool instead of presentation tool. It is a creation of learning theory. Finally, this paper makes a summary of the paper, refers to the inadequacies and looks forward to the future of the related research.

Key words:  M-Learning  Distributed cognition  English learning

摘要：移动学习是电子学习的一个重要组成部分，现在已经成为一个热门话题。在教育领域，尤其是语言领域得到了较好的发展，如英语学习。全面了解移动学习并明确学习和技术之间的关系是一个基本问题。分布式认知是一个包括认知主体和环境的系统，是一种包括所有参与认知的事物的新的分析单元，是一种正确分析移动学习的理论，它非常适合移动学习的研究，并且与移动学习的要求也是一致的。本论文对分布式认知理论下的英语移动学习做了一些研究。

　　　本文分为四大部分，首先在导论中介绍了研究的背景、目的和意义以及本文的框架。接着介绍了分布式认知，探讨了在此基础上研究的移动学习的功能，指出移动学习是一种认知工具，而不是演示工具，这是一个创造性的学习理论。最后是论文的结论部分，提出了本文的不足之处并展望了未来对有关方面的研究。

关键词: 移动学习；分布式认知；英语学习