TELT

Shelly Terrell:

"This past weekend I presented and helped organized the Virtual Round Table E-Conference. All the recordings are available here. I presented on mobile learning activities. One of the most compelling reasons to use mobile devices is to get learners to begin using the device to learn even outside the classroom. I remember that when I taught my learners how to do this they would excitedly come to class and report to me how they used their device to learn. Students carry these devices with them and already use it to text or post on social networks. Why not train them to learn with the device everyday?

Below is the link to the recording, the slides, and also various other resources. None of these activities require you to be on the Internet. They are meant to be used with standard tools that come with most cell phones and mobile devices, such as the ability to record your voice, take a picture, or record a video. If learners can do any of these things with a mobile device then they can do these lessons. These lessons also promote speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. I have done many of these activities with English language learners of all ages from 4 to 80 years-old and they have enjoyed them."

Shona Whyte:

Sharing linguistic and cultural content for language learning via mobile phones.

"The SIMOLA project develops a crowd-sourced information system for situated language learning. The system will allow language learners in a target country to collect, annotate and share language- and culture-related content using their mobile phones and suitable web interfaces."