1. TEN WAYS TO INTEGRATE
MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES INTO
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
TEACHING & LEARNING
BY
IAN W. WALCOTT
www.globalexpertsystems.org @Glob_Expert_Sys +1 246 271

2. RECOMMENDED TOOLS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
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Laptop
Tablet
Headsets with mouthpiece
Smartphone
Video camera (optional)
Projector
Laptop
Tablet
Smartphone
Surround sound speaker set
Smart TV (optional)
Smart board (optional)
DVD Player (optional)

3. LESSON PLANNING
• Bring your syllabus to life
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Digital books
Related apps
Online collaboration
Games
Videos
Developing oral skills
See: Mobile Assisted Language Learning Using Tablets at Perth
College
Source: http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=2749

4. EACH SCHOOL CAN HAVE SEVERAL
LOW-COST
LANGUAGE LABS
• Developing the language lab with today’s
mobile technologies
• Each language teach should have his/her own
room
• Students will come to the room rather that the
teacher shift from classroom to classroom
• Each room must have Internet/Wifi access

5. 1. IMMERSION –
LISTENING TO THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
• There are several radio apps students can download for free

6. 2. IMMERSION –
LISTENING TO THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
• Free podcasts in the foreign language
• Develop subject matter vocabulary
• Stay up to date on the subject matter
• Develop specific jargons

7. 3. LANGUAGE EXCHANGE WEBSITES
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Language Exchange Community - Practice
and Learn Foreign Languages
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Practice and learn foreign languages with
native speakers via email, text chat or voice
chat. We show you how. Over 1 million
registered members!
www.mylanguageexchange.com
Source:
http://www.xmarks.com/topic/language_exchang
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8. 4. USING SKYPE AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE
ACQUISITION TOOL
Source: “How Skype Can Rock Your Language Learning Experience and Help Make Friends You Never Thought
Possible”
http://myspanishadventure.com/2011/how-skype-can-rock-your-language-learning-experience-and-help-make-thefriends-you-never-thought-were-possible/

9. 5. THE YOUTUBE EXPERIENCE
TYPICAL CAPE/ A’LEVEL
SPANISH TEXT
“LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA”
EXAMPLE OF A SPANISH TEXT MADE
INTO A MOVIE SEEN ON YOUTUBE.
“LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA”

10. 6. DOWNLOADING DIGITAL COPIES OF MOVIES ON
THE IPAD

11. 7. CABLE TV IN THE CLASSROOM & ON THE
SMARTPHONE

12. 8. DIGITAL
BOOKS OF ONLINE
EXAMPLES
LIBRARY ORGANIZERS
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Evernote
Endnote
Mendeley
Onenote

13. 9. FOREIGN LANGUAGE GAMES ONLINE

14. 10. IMPROVE
TRANSLATION SKILLS
BY ONLINE
COLLABORATION

15. SOME INTERESTING FACTS
• The Brazilian government is planning to use tablets in schools, a project
which could require about 900,000 tablets by late 2012 and early 2013.
• Mobile Usage Growth
• 25% of internet users are mobile only - meaning, they do not access the internet for
browsing from any other device.
• 71% of smartphone users that see TV, press, or advertising that interests them will
immediately do a mobile search.
• The average American smartphone user spent nearly 30 minutes a day checking or
updating social networks.
Source(s):
https://www.accuconference.com/blog/Cell-Phone-Statistics.aspx
http://www.rcrwireless.com/americas/20120628/devices/idc-forecasts-2-5-million-tablets-sell-brazil/