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10 reasons to use smart phones and tablets at EFL lessonsRimma ChaldymbayevaBritish Council KazakhstanNazarbayev Intellectual School Taldykorgan
Objectives
• familiarize with the reasons and ways of using mobile phones/ tablets as a teaching tool
• encourage to use mobile phones/tablets at EFL lessons
True or False?
1. 90% of mobile phones in Japan, are waterproof. 2. The present mobile phones have more computing
power than the computers used for the Apollo 11 to land on the moon.
3. More than 4 billion people own mobile phones, while only 3.5 billion use a toothbrush
4. 69% of users use their tablets more frequently on weekdays than weekends
5. Teens use mobile phones and tablets more than 7 hours a day.
Reason #1 Personalization
• Ask questions using Contacts
• Ask and answer questions about a photo/video on the phone
It's a nice way to personalise!
Reason #2Motivation
• E.g. Running dictation: record the words instead of printing them out
• www.kahoot.it
Different and Fun!
Reason #3Organizing
• Use calendars: most phones have them, so you can ask learners to record birthdays, homework, test dates and so on.
• Store e-materials on www.evernote.com
A nice way to start breaking the culture of 'no phones in the lesson'.
Reason #4Economy-principle
• Create and share e-books, e-materials with your students
No need for printing out lots of documents.
Reason #5Differentiation
• Students have access to online radio/pod casts, videos and
• can listen to the recording and watch videos according to their interests and level (using headphones)
• Students can pause/stop recordings/videos
Reason # 6A good tool for students with
special educational needs
• Proloquo2go, an assistive symbol-supported communication app providing a voice to individuals around the world who are unable to speak.
Reason#8Assessment/self-assessment
• www.socrative.com,
• www.polleverywhere.com
• Recording the presentation/speech/ reading .
Reason #9Reflection/ Self-reflection
• Students are able to record and document their progress
• Send feedback on what’s app or other applications
Reason #10Learning outside of the class
• there are lots of them out there which can help learners. The British Council has its own range, which you can find out more about there:
• http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/mobile-learning
• Dictionary.com
ConclusionIntegrating the four skills
• Students can record and send voice messages
• Listen/watch authentic materials
• Send messages/post comments
• Read e-books
Used links
• http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/admin/ten-ideas-mobile-learning
• http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/mobile-learning
• http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3754742
• http://www.teachhub.com/how-use-cell-phones-learning-tools
• http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/E485%20Mobile%20pedagogy%20for%20ELT_FINAL_v2.pdf
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldjaONMzthc