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.

Discuss in groups:

Do you use smartphones or tablets for your lessons? If

yes, how?

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 #7Evidence

• Students can record an interview/ experiment as an evidence for a teacher

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

Answers to True or False task:

• All statements are true.

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