Kamis, 13 November 2014

Using mobile phones in English teaching


Mobile learning: how students can improve their English anytime, anywhere

                                                            By Emma Segev



Using cell phones in teaching and learning process actually is needed by learners, especially busy learners who don’t have time to do teaching and learning process in classroom.  It motivate people to using cell phones to support kinds of learning especially language learning. There are many mobile apps available for English language students.

The style of English learning person can change by Usage mobile devices and apps. Using technology and language learning make a teacher creatively, has many basics or resources, materials of learning, and of course, has many chances to teach students everything of the worldwide. According to Emma Segev, she believes that technology is something that is important in the classroom. Many students who are using mobile learning to connect to the web to learn in anywhere and anytime. At the time, people would like to do something more quickly, inclusive of learning.

Emma Segev has a strategy in handle or motivates the learners that have a business, so she chosen to using mobile phones to promote her student to study anytime and anyplace. She introduces 5 wonderful of apps that can be used by students for additional exercise: British Council apps, Duolingo, Two min English, Game to learn English Powowbox and Real English.

But Emma Segev’d chosen Whatsapp, Ipadio and facebook groups that is used by her :  WhatSapp, a mobile massage that is used to send and receive messages (audio, video, images) and the students can design an audio, video etc, that they can create anything, then post anything in the groups and also request their opinion or response about it.

Ipadio, a apps that can be used to interview, record the lesson and send it for student’s friends that didn’t come in the classroom. The students can create anything (with photos, audios, poem etc)

A group can become solution to closed communication with student, the students and teacher can share the ideas, task, book reviews, songs, picture and etc, for example in facebook groups.

Indeed, the way that is easy for studying it is hoped we can ask for them to enable study in their business and it can be hoped to accelerate their progress. (Emma Segev.)



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