Mobile Learning to Support English Language Learning
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Mobile Learning offers modern ways to support learning process through mobile devices, such as Laptop, Tablets, IPods, Mobile phones, etc.
A. LAPTOP
A laptop can be used to furnish teaching and learning material across the curriculum far more cheaply than books. The advantage to having a laptop is a laptop is portable and can be carried everywhere and accessed anywhere. Teachers can use laptop to write materials about subjects, they do not have to use a book that more complicated than using laptop.
B. TABLETS
We have affordable high-powered computers that can provide all sorts of enrichment through an intuitive touch screen interface and the education world is taking notice. More and more classrooms are imagining the curriculum in the context of each child having his or her own tablet.
Here are some advantages in using tablets in learning process:
C. MOBILE PHONES
In this modern era, there are so many types of mobile phones. Nowadays, mobiles phone is more complete than several years ago. Many applications in mobile phones. For example, Note feature, Video Recorder, Voice recorder, Internet, Mobile dictionary, Text messages, Camera, etc. We can utilize these applications in all aspects. For instance, Teaching Englih. We can teaching English through mobile phones.
A. LAPTOP
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A laptop can be used to furnish teaching and learning material across the curriculum far more cheaply than books. The advantage to having a laptop is a laptop is portable and can be carried everywhere and accessed anywhere. Teachers can use laptop to write materials about subjects, they do not have to use a book that more complicated than using laptop.
B. TABLETS
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We have affordable high-powered computers that can provide all sorts of enrichment through an intuitive touch screen interface and the education world is taking notice. More and more classrooms are imagining the curriculum in the context of each child having his or her own tablet.
Here are some advantages in using tablets in learning process:
- Portability (can work from everywhere and small enough to put in handbags)
- Small weight (lighter than most laptops)
- A flexible screen (You can choose to place the screen in landscape or portrait.)
- Offer the same functionality as a normal computer.
- You can connect a keyboard to a tablet computer but it is less portable in such a configuration.
- Surfing the web is much healthier within the tablet (because most web websites are designed with laptops and desktops in head)
- A multi-touch tablet permits you to interact with all the subject matter material quickly.
- Ease and comfort and ease of use.
- An effective learning and teaching enhancement tool.
- Use as an interactive teaching aid for tutorials and external student consultation, etc.
C. MOBILE PHONES
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In this modern era, there are so many types of mobile phones. Nowadays, mobiles phone is more complete than several years ago. Many applications in mobile phones. For example, Note feature, Video Recorder, Voice recorder, Internet, Mobile dictionary, Text messages, Camera, etc. We can utilize these applications in all aspects. For instance, Teaching Englih. We can teaching English through mobile phones.
Mobile phone is a useful tool for English language teaching and assessment. I would like to discuss how this simple and easily available tool can be used in the classroom for teaching and evaluating English language. In our educational institutions English is treated as a subject. As a result students become communicatively less competent. In classrooms the language skills of the students are not properly evaluated. Only the memory power of the students is evaluated. As English is a skill, all the four skills should be assessed. This material will definitely help the teachers and students to evaluate the language skills with this small instrument called mobile phone.
There are some applications in mobile phones that make teaching English easier:
1. Text Messages
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Text Messages/SMS (Short Messages Service) is an application that each mobile phone have. Communication is an important skill to be practiced in English classes. We can create fun in the classroom by making the students send text messages among themselves. The teacher can divide the class into heterogeneous groups. A theme can be given to each group. The group members should send their opinion regarding the topic in simple sentences. The group leader collects and consolidates all the messages send by the members and holds an open discussion with the members and presents it in the class. By doing it students learn how to organize and express their thoughts and ideas in simple language. Teacher corrects the mistakes at the end of each presentation.
2. Note feature |
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Note is a
valuable feature. It can be used to take notes. English language can be
acquired from watching movies, listening to news, by reading books and
newspapers etc.
When we come across a new word, or structure, or an expression we can immediately save them in the mobile phone by using the note feature. Frequently or occasionally it can be revised as we cannot keep everything in our memory. In the class, the teacher can ask the students to present what they have collected in their note feature. The students should be taught and encouraged to use the new words and expressions in their conversation.
When we come across a new word, or structure, or an expression we can immediately save them in the mobile phone by using the note feature. Frequently or occasionally it can be revised as we cannot keep everything in our memory. In the class, the teacher can ask the students to present what they have collected in their note feature. The students should be taught and encouraged to use the new words and expressions in their conversation.
3. Voice Recorder
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It is a very useful facility available on mobile phones. It
facilitates one to record speech sounds in the mobile phone. One can record the
conversation and replay it. It is a very useful tool that a teacher can use
inside the classroom. There are four skills of English language, listening is the
basic skill. Only heard sounds are produced, those unheard are never produced.
Hence, it is mandatory to give listening practice to learners of a foreign
language. Mobile is a very simple and convenient tool to do this. Teacher can
record or download audio clippings from internet or movies and play it inside
the classroom. Students can be made to listen to it carefully and questions can
be asked to check their comprehension skill. Teacher also can asks students to record some words to check their pronunciation.
4. Video recorder
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Another important tool available on the mobile phone is the video
recorder. Video clippings regarding day to day events, important happenings in
the country, scenes from the plays and movies can be imported from the internet
and played for the students. It acts as a useful resource for training oral
skills. Important movie clippings related to the lesson can be clipped and
saved in the mobile phone. Students can be asked to watch the clippings and may
be asked to describe what they have watched, also students can be asked to make a conversation with their friends using video recorder. It will increase the spoken skill
of the students.
5. Internet
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Internet also can be
connected to a mobile phone. Students
can surf the net for getting notes, pictures, PowerPoint presentations, extra
reading materials etc. Most
of the presentations, video and audio clippings available on net are mobile
friendly. It
can be downloaded and used for learning. Internet is very useful for education. There are so many advantages we get from internet. Internet makes everything will be easy.
6. Mobile dictionary |
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Mobile dictionary is a mobile application that translates words
from one language to another. The application allows having English and two
additional languages on the device at the same time. While reading, students
may come across many new words. By using the mobile dictionary they can find
out the meaning of the words. Reference work is made easy with this facility on
the mobile. Using mobile dictionary is more easy than using book dictionary.
7. Camera
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Beautiful pictures, natural sceneries and scenes that captivate
the mind when the students are taken to the field trip or educational tour can
be captured by using camera. Back to class they can be used for group
discussion. Teacher can make the students speak about their personal experience
by using them. Enthusiastically they involve themselves in the activity and
express their feelings and experience in their own language. This will
definitely develop their English language skill. Images thus captured can be
used for making albums, project works etc. it can also be used as a flash card
for teaching new words.
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