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Ten mobile phone TEFL-oriented features used weekly in the experimental EFL classroom

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Description

A set of ten mobile-phone features integrated into EFL teaching over seven weeks: the notes feature to collect everyday language, the camera feature to take pictures of texts, the voice memo recorder to record language from media outlets, text messaging for vocabulary reinforcement and circular writing, social networking, phone memory for listening material, installed dictionaries, internet resources, and comprehension checking. In the study, students used them "on weekly basis", e.g. to "write any sentence, vocabulary item, proverb, idiom or grammatical structure they come across in or outside the classroom". Materials collected were used by the instructor as pre-activities for reading, writing, speaking or listening.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Students own or have access to mobile phones with notes, camera, voice recorder, messaging and dictionary features
  • Instructor training on applying the mobile features in the TEFL classroom, as the experimental instructor received

Constraints

  • Activities were designed to match with the Saudi culture
  • The features were applied over one seven-week module

Target Learners

  • Foundation-year university EFL students (intermediate level, Arabic L1)

Learning Goals

  • General English achievement across the four skills and sub-skills

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Abdulhafeth A. Khrisat & Salameh Saleem Mahmoud. (2013). Integrating Mobile Phones into the EFL Foundation Year Classroom in King Abdulaziz University/KSA: Effects on Achievement in General English and Students' Attitudes. English Language Teaching, 6(8). http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v6n8p162
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title Ten mobile phone TEFL-oriented features used weekly in the experimental EFL classroom
description A set of ten mobile-phone features integrated into EFL teaching over seven weeks: the notes feature to collect everyday language, the camera feature to take pictures of texts, the voice memo recorder to record languag...
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