Week 11. Mobile Phones, the New Tool for Second Language Students.
By Vanesa PaniaguaArticle: Twenty Ideas for Using Mobile Phones in the Language Classrooms.
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Nowadays the access
to technology has become very easy and common. One example is the use of mobile
phones, as it has become a necessity most of the students have one and as
teachers we need to find a way to make cell phones part of our lessons.
Moreover, the article of this week presents 20 ideas to apply mobile phones in
a second language class and here I’m going to explain the most interesting
ideas for me.
The idea number 5 was
related to the use of voice memo recorder feature, and students can use it to
record conversation during the class and outside the classroom. Moreover, as
homework it can be use to record interviews or conversations outside the
classrooms and then presented in the class so the teacher can provide feedback.
Also, the idea 8
which is the use of text messaging feature for circular writing, for me it was
awesome, since the whole class can create a story by contributing one text
message at a time. Each student writes a sentence and sends the message to
other students, who add more information to the story, and so on until the
story is complete.
Moreover, another
idea that calls my attention was the number 10, which is related to the use of
mobile phone to keep a blog. This is a great idea for advance students to
practice the writing skill, and it was interesting for me because, my professors
have applied this technique in our classes, and I can say that it is a useful
and innovative idea.
To sum up, technology
is in our hands so we as teachers and future teachers must find ways to
introduce every technological tool in our lesson, as it was presented in the
article for this week.
Hi Vanesa, I was reading your blog and I agree with you when you mention that as teacher we need to find a way to include mobile phones in our lessons. The ideas are so interesting and you mention some of these. I think that the use of mobile device in class provide students the opportunity to improve the learning process. I consider that it depends of the teacher too, have a clear objective and a good plan will provide better results. Cellphones are a powerful tool and is part of the daily life of people, now integrate it in education will promotes a second language in their daily learning process.
ResponderBorrarHi! Fatima, let me tell you that your comprehension of the article has been very good. And yes! You are right when you say that nowadays almost all students have a cell phone. And in a way most teachers dislike when students use the social network ( Facebook and What’s up) to send messages to other people during the class. There are some teachers that do not treat very well their students because of their behavior. On the other had, the article mention that teachers should look for the way to deal with these mobile devices in order to take advantage of this technology. In addition, as you say, Vanesa, the article provides 20 ideas in order to use cell phones during the class not to lose the time, but to improve the learners’ writing skills.
ResponderBorrarHi! Fatima, let me tell you that your comprehension of the article has been very good. And yes! You are right when you say that nowadays almost all students have a cell phone. And in a way most teachers dislike when students use the social network ( Facebook and What’s up) to send messages to other people during the class. There are some teachers that do not treat very well their students because of their behavior. On the other had, the article mention that teachers should look for the way to deal with these mobile devices in order to take advantage of this technology. In addition, as you say, Vanesa, the article provides 20 ideas in order to use cell phones during the class not to lose the time, but to improve the learners’ writing skills.
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