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RESURSĂ

EDUCAŢIONALĂ DESCHISĂ

Denumire: Using Apps in Teaching English

Autor:

Delurințu

Carmen Mihaela

Unitatea de învăţământ: Colegiul

Național Vocațional

„Nicolae Titulescu

” Slatina

Disciplina:

Limba

englez

ă

Scopul

materialului

propus

: de

documentare

pentru

cadrele

didacticeSlide2

The

young

generation

considers that the PC and server based

applications are becoming outdated or out of

fashion.

Education

is increasingly incorporating mobile and wireless solutions for their processes to reduce time and improve the performance. Slide3

It is an accepted fact that children learn quickly through

games, and

sporting activities. IPhone and Android apps are the way to go these days.

We

have all seen that children, these days, are very at ease with electronic gadgets and equipment.

They

cannot imagine their lives without a mobile phone; they require it for chatting, connectivity, games, internet access and various applications

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But what’s the use of introducing apps in the classroom

?

The

teacher’s role is to be able to implement apps in a meaningful way so that to

increase the efficiency

and

engagement

and

raise students’ interest and motivation

.

On

the other hand, apps can help achieve better

performance in organizing, managing, and monitoring classroom activities

. It is about all those hours we can save by just assigning quizzes, assignments, reading materials, and books through Google Drive and

Dropbox apps

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The advantages of apps:

General advantages

There

is no need to waste time

sitting in front of the desktop to access a

particular application while

all you have to do is download the same one to your mobile and access it in seconds.

You

can use it anytime and anywhere. There is no need to search for internet access, your mobile phone allows you to access it at anytime and anywhere and you can complete any of your tasks through mobile phone.Slide6

The advantages of apps:

Particular advantages

:

instead

of searching through books for a piece of literature, we could find the book online and be directed to a specific word

instead of taking out a dictionary, we could simply use the translator or the dictionary.

Sometimes a word is on the tip of our tongue, and we just can’t get it out. Mobile dictionary apps, word lists, and vocabulary practice tools are a great way not only to learn new words, but to figure out how to explain what you’re trying to say in multiple ways, when that one crucial word just slips your mind.Slide7

An Alternative Method of Teaching

As

a

less

formal

method of teaching, teaching English through apps makes the learning process easy and efficient.

A

quick search on the internet will take you to a dozen of pages full with classification of the best let’s say

15…50….500



best educational apps which can be used both at home and in the classroom. Slide8

Teaching Grammar

There is a huge number of sites offering us a variety of educational aids. We can find apps for improving English grammar at home and on the move, e.g. practicing sample questions at Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced level. Better grammar accuracy can be achieved by answering over practice questions across various unique activity types, including fill-in-the-blanks, reordering words and labelling. Slide9

Teaching grammarSlide10

Dictionaries

The official Dictionary.com app offers great features including idioms and phrases, history of words, and spelling suggestions. These features are all important for English learners.

Longman Dictionary is an innovative tool for keeping one of the best dictionaries at your fingertips with this app. There are a range of different add-ons contained within the app, including phrasal

verbs.

Advanced English Dictionary has tallied over a million downloads and is one of the most comprehensive apps for the English language. The app has over 400,000 entries, so users can depend on its assured quality

key words, and more. Slide11

DictionariesSlide12

Teaching Pronunciation

We can also emphasize the interactive pronunciation charts which show vowels, consonants and diphthongs and also features audio playback for phonemes and sample words of the sounds.

This free pronunciation app guides users through precise pronunciation. The Interactive Phonemic Charts include both British and America English. Slide13

Teaching PronunciationSlide14

Teaching Vocabulary

iLearning

is an efficient vocabulary trainer for school, education and personal purposes. All learning units are displayed on the app, showing the last rate of the correct answers, the lowest and highest learning level reached so far using colors, and the remaining time in days until vocabularies should be recalled

.

A

student’s

vocabulary can be expanded through repeated exposure to new words and by thinking about word meanings.

There are apps that engage

young children in crossword and Scrabble type games. Other apps focus on specific word meaning skills by highlighting word opposites, synonyms, and homophones.Slide15

Teaching VocabularySlide16

Apps for Kids

Pogg

– Spelling & Verbs is an app designed for children that frames common errors children make related to spelling and speech. Through a lighthearted

game

featuring a green alien, it helps children have fun while learning.

Kidioms

is the perfect way to help children understand idioms, especially those learning English as a second language. It breaks down the vocabulary into useful categories that many will find helpful, including by grade level.Slide17

Apps for Kids Slide18

Apps for English Language Exams

Practice

makes perfect! Do you want to improve your English skills and get the highest English test scores?

These apps provide

free English tests and exercises online for English learners to practice.Slide19

Apps for English Language ExamsSlide20

Apps for listening and speaking

These are

English ESL app designed for English speakers of other languages. It helps users learn to speak English as assessed appropriate for completing US High School. The software contains the words you need to survive in an English environment like an English speaking high school. The emphasis is on English words and learning how to pronounce them.

This is an English ESL app designed for English speakers of other languages. It helps users learn to speak English as assessed appropriate for completing US High School. The software contains the words you need to survive in an English environment like an English speaking high school. The emphasis is on English words and learning how to pronounce them. Slide21

Apps for listening and speaking Slide22

Tips

for using mobile technology with

success

Integrating technology into the classroom is a long-term strategy. If it’s to be sustainable, the following points should be considered.

To

make sure students don’t get distracted by social media, set clear learning objectives.  Find creative ways to use social media within lesson plans. Consider how mobile technology can be used for extension activities. ‘Why don’t you post an image of your work on your Facebook page?’, is more engaging than ‘We don’t use Facebook in this class

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As

a teacher, you need to engage with mobile technology yourself, before you can start to implement it into classroom practice.

If your school does not have a mobile learning policy, you need one for your class before you begin.

Do some research. It takes a lot of time to find relevant, suitable apps. There is no moderation process in place, so even with paid apps, it is difficult to know whether or not they are suitable

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Don’t

overwhelm your class with technology. Learners often fail to

recognize

the benefits of technology for language learning. So it helps to introduce apps and mobile learning activities one at a time. Then, as a group, you can reflect on whether they are useful.

If you do not have enough time to use mobile devices in class, think how they could be used for informal learning outside the classroom. Your students will benefit from the results of this extra practice when they’re back in the formal classroom.Slide25

Bibliography:

https://

www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/teaching-tips-how-students-can-use-mobiles-to-learn-english

http://www.fluentu.com/english/educator/blog/best-apps-for-esl-teachers

/

http://

mastersinesl.com/essential-esl-app-guide/

http://mastersinesl.com/essential-esl-app-guide

/

http://

learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps