teaching english skills using mobile learning
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presented by Ohoud AL-OufiTRANSCRIPT
Teaching listening skills using Mobile
devices
ByOhoud AL-Oufi
-Perhaps the most important study skill students need to learn is the ability to listen closely and comprehend what they have heard .
As a teacher, students' listening skill levels can make a difference in their performance as well as the class atmosphere .
- -Listening exercises may be considered the first
-stage in learning a second language
- -Learners today exist in an increasingly multimodal environment. Mobile devices provide
-extra levels of flexibility for such learners, providing them with both auditory as well as visual
-input– allowing them to learn anytime, anywhere and while doing anything
It’s a lot easier than lugging around a huge text book or pages that add to clutter and can get lost.
More mobile than sitting at a computer work station. Was able to relax in own environment.podcasts have proved to be a popular way of reaching wide audiences
There are sevral ways to teach listening by using mobile devices-:
1 -Audio Segments You can also teach listening skills through audio segments of radio programs, online podcasts, instructional lectures and other audio messages
2 -Video segmentsincluding short sketches, news programs, documentary films, interview segments, and dramatic and comedic materials.
*the ability to access audio forms of scholarly literature is a recent development .
*enabling staff and students to create their own personalized collections of audio files is empowering for mobile learners.