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Mobile Warming: Melting the Barriers to Language Learning with Mobile Devices

Mobile Warming: Melting the Barriers to Language Learning with Mobile Devices. Apps for Aural and Oral Language Development. Marsha Chan Professor at Mission College, California and President of Sunburst Media. Selected Mobile Apps. Youtube (Android, iOS) English Accent Coach

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Mobile Warming: Melting the Barriers to Language Learning with Mobile Devices

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  1. Mobile Warming: Melting the Barriers to Language Learning with Mobile Devices Apps for Aural and Oral Language Development Marsha ChanProfessor at Mission College, California and President of Sunburst Media

  2. Selected Mobile Apps • Youtube (Android, iOS) • English Accent Coach • Anytune slow downing app • biNu + feature phone = smart phone

  3. Youtube • Find videos and channels • Subscribe to favorite channels • In a playlist use “play all” for sequential learning • Watch a video while searching for the next one • Download in Google Play & iTunes Stores, or use in a browser

  4. www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish www.youtube.com/user/BritishCouncilLE www.youtube.com/user/podEnglish www.youtube.com/user/realenglish1

  5. www.youtube.com/user/VOALearningEnglish www.youtube.com/user/rachelsenglish www.youtube.com/user/JenniferESL www.youtube.com/user/PronunciationDoctor

  6. English Accent Coach • Train the brain to recognize new sounds and provide the basis for improved pronunciation of North American vowels and consonants. • Browser-based • iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch Apps (Practice, Games, Results) • EAC Vowels 1: Listen, identify from large database of sounds, words, speakers • EAC Echo: Listen, identify touch a colored vowel button, repeat

  7. www.englishaccentcoach.com

  8. http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/eac-vowels-1/id489219203?mt=8

  9. http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/eac-echo/id538790741?mt=8

  10. AnytuneMusic practice app for singers, dancers and musicians • iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch: Free, 1.99, 3.99, 4.99 versions • App slows down music BPM without changing pitch. • Use Anytune to slow down and practice speech.

  11. Visualize the sound of a song or speech • Practice at own pace by adjusting tempo. • Mark and loop song sections for repeated practice of selected phrases. • Use Step-It-Up Interval Trainer to increase tempo and develop fluency Step-It-Up Interval Trainer Sound + Lyrics/Text

  12. biNu • App gives basic mobile feature phones fast, cheap and easy access to Internet services and apps • Use in browser: www.binu.com/apps-cloud/emulator

  13. m.binu.com/ae http://www.binu.com

  14. www..americanenglish.state.gov

  15. Marsha’s TESOL 2014 presentations • Mobile Warming: Melting the Barriers to Language Learning with Mobile Devices. Electronic Village Hot Topic, with Susan Gaer and Sandy Wagner (Thursday, 8:00-9:15 am, Electronic Village) • Mobile Devices - ELT for the Next Generation. Electronic Village Mini-workshop, with Susan Gaer (Thursday 12:30-1:50 pm, Electronic Village) • English Language Software for the Next Generation: Sustaining Learners' Interest (Friday 3:00-3:45 pm, E141) • Exploring and Promoting the Melody of Spoken English (Saturday 11:30-12:15 pm, B113) • Pronunciation Games and Playful Activities to Promote Communication (Saturday 2:00-2:45, OB201) Mobile Devices - ELT for the Next Generation. Electronic Village Mini-workshop, with Susan Gaer (Thursday 12:30-1:50 pm, Electronic Village)

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