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Mobile Warming: Melting the Barriers to Language Learning with Mobile Devices. Apps for Aural and Oral Language Development. Marsha Chan Professor at Mission College, California and President of Sunburst Media. Selected Mobile Apps. Youtube (Android, iOS) English Accent Coach - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Mobile Warming: Melting the Barriers to Language Learning with Mobile
Devices
Marsha ChanProfessor at Mission College, California
and President of Sunburst Media
Apps for Aural and Oral Language Development
Selected Mobile Apps
• Youtube (Android, iOS) • English Accent Coach• Anytune slow downing app• biNu + feature phone = smart phone
Youtube• Find videos and channels • Subscribe to favorite channels• In a playlist use “play all” for sequential
learning• Watch a video while searching for the next
one• Download in Google Play & iTunes Stores,
or use in a browser
www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish
www.youtube.com/user/BritishCouncilLE
www.youtube.com/user/podEnglish
www.youtube.com/user/realenglish1
www.youtube.com/user/VOALearningEnglish
www.youtube.com/user/rachelsenglish
www.youtube.com/user/JenniferESL
www.youtube.com/user/PronunciationDoctor
English Accent Coach• Train the brain to recognize new sounds and
provide the basis for improved pronunciation of North American vowels and consonants.
• Browser-based • iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch Apps (Practice, Games,
Results)• EAC Vowels 1: Listen, identify from large database
of sounds, words, speakers• EAC Echo: Listen, identify touch a colored vowel
button, repeat
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/eac-vowels-1/id489219203?mt=8
AnytuneMusic practice app for singers, dancers and musicians
• iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch: Free, 1.99, 3.99, 4.99 versions
• App slows down music BPM without changing pitch.
• Use Anytune to slow down and practice speech.
Step-It-Up Interval Trainer Sound + Lyrics/Text• Visualize the sound of a song or speech• Practice at own pace by adjusting tempo.• Mark and loop song sections for repeated
practice of selected phrases.• Use Step-It-Up Interval Trainer to increase
tempo and develop fluency
biNu
• App gives basic mobile feature phones fast, cheap and easy access to Internet services and apps
• Use in browser: www.binu.com/apps-cloud/emulator
www..americanenglish.state.gov
Marsha’s TESOL 2014 presentations
• Mobile Warming: Melting the Barriers to Language Learning with Mobile Devices. Electronic Village Hot Topic, with Susan Gaer and Sandy Wagner (Thursday, 8:00-9:15 am, Electronic Village)
• Mobile Devices - ELT for the Next Generation. Electronic Village Mini-workshop, with Susan Gaer (Thursday 12:30-1:50 pm, Electronic Village)
• English Language Software for the Next Generation: Sustaining Learners' Interest (Friday 3:00-3:45 pm, E141)
• Exploring and Promoting the Melody of Spoken English (Saturday 11:30-12:15 pm, B113)
• Pronunciation Games and Playful Activities to Promote Communication (Saturday 2:00-2:45, OB201)
Mobile Devices - ELT for the Next Generation. Electronic Village Mini-workshop, with Susan Gaer
(Thursday 12:30-1:50 pm, Electronic Village)