LDT 505 Lesson 8 My goal this week was to step a bit back from my granular analysis of mobile technologies in language learning to see the bigger picture, contemplating my audience from a demographic perspective while considering the purpose of technology I plan to integrate into my learning environment. In other words, put language Read More…
Seamless Mobile Assisted Language Learning
LDT 505 Lesson 7 As promised, I have more MALL related acronyms for you this week. My new favorite is SLL or Seamless Language Learning as introduced by Chai et al. in “Surveying and Modeling Students’ Motivation and Learning Strategies for Mobile-Assisted Seamless Chinese Language Learning” (2016). I am certainly realizing through my readings that Read More…
MALL and Related Acronyms
LDT 505, Lesson 6 Let me introduce you to MALL, no, not that big place full of shops where you spend lots of money, but rather an acronym essential to my final project for this course. Just a single letter different from its predecessor CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), MALL stands for Mobile Assisted Language Read More…
VOA Learning English App Review
LDT 505 – App 5 Reviewed by Tara Ondra Details: developed by Voice of America, official version updated 2016, version 1.5. Available on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS. 2 or 3 unofficial versions are available with similar functionality. Cost: free Produced by one of the largest news media networks, Voice of America’s Learning English app features Read More…
Jamboard App Review
LDT 505 – Lesson 5, App 4 Details: developed by Google, released May 2017, available on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS Cost: Free Review: Jamboard is a simple, interactive whiteboard with collaborative capacity. Users can share and organize pictures, write text boxes, and post sticky-notes. As a collaborative and constructive tool, students can work together in Read More…
Google Translate App Review
LDT 505 – Lesson 5, App 3 Reviewed by Tara Ondra Details: Developed by Google. Released 2006 using statistical machine translation. Since 2016 Google Translate has been using neural machine translation to accommodate full sentences rather than individual words. Available on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS Cost: Free Review: Google Translate is a useful reference and Read More…
Edmodo App Review
LDT 505 – Lesson 5, App 2 Reviewed by Tara Ondra Details: Launched 2008, available on Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS Cost: Free Review: Edmodo is a classroom management tool that is used for communication, community building, and evaluation. In addition to establishing connections between learners in a classroom, through Edmodo instructors can also connect and Read More…
Beelingua App Review
LDT 505 – Lesson 5, App 1 Reviewed by Tara Ondra Details: founded in 2017, available on Android and iOS Cost: Free (limited content) or Premium (unlimited content at $19.99 per year) Review: Beelingua is a story based language learning application that utilizes the parallel text method to promote reading, listening, and vocabulary building skills. Read More…
Engaging Language Learners through Digital Badges, eBooks, and Digital Photography
LDT505: Lesson 4 There are a wide variety of tools that support English language learning with utility and effectiveness varying depending on learning style and preferences, language level, digital literacy level, language skill of focus (speaking, listening, reading, writing), amongst numerous other learner characteristics. This post will explore three useful tools: digital badges, eBooks and Read More…
Integrating Mobile Technologies in the ESL Classroom to Promote Self-Sufficiency
LDT 505: Lesson 3 If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you might recall that I spent a good 12 years teaching English in Chile. This week’s readings, namely Churchill, Fox and King’s (2016) article “Framework for Designing Mobile Learning Environments” with its case study on the iMobilise Chinese as a Foreign Language learning Read More…