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--- Forwarded Message from Joseph Dias <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:19:36 +0900 >To: LLTI <[log in to unmask]> >From: Joseph Dias <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: mobile assisted language learning -- MALL? ------------------ I'd like to hear from people who are making use of cell phones, or other mobile devices, in _any_ way in their teaching. As more than 95 percent of my students have cell phones I've been trying to make increasing use of them for language learning purposes -- mainly the email and Web access functions that most of the new hand-sets offer. This is what I've been doing so far ... * Sending announcements to students' cell phones about upcoming class activities, room changes, etc. [I do this from a computer as my thumbs are not as fast as those of my students.] * Using a BBS that can be accessed from computer Web browsers, iMode phones and, one of iMode's competitors in Japan, J-sky. The BBS is used by students to coordinate group summer homework and so that I (and they) can recommend extracurricular English language events such as plays and special lectures. * Having students make use of the few mobile Web sites available for English study. They're not extremely useful but show some potential. The ones I've found so far are ... http://www.upworks.com/i/english/ [Gives very simple phrases in Japanese and their English equivalents. You can access this from a computer but you need a browser that can deal with Japanese.] http://www12.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/sa2/michihik/English/kentei.html [Presents questions like those found on English entrance exams in Japan and users must choose from among 4 possible answers. Questions deal with pronunciation, grammar, and conversational English. This is slightly more interactive than the first site. Again, it requires a Japanese-capable browser or hand-set.] http://202.222.107.225/mobile/english/ [Momo's One Point English Conversation -- bascially does the same as the first one listed above but with more humor. For example, "Got it." is translated in Japanese phonetic script as "Roger." This is actually good for non- Japanese who want to study or brush up on _very_ colloquial conversational Japanese.] Well ... that's it in a nutshell. I'd like to hear about what you've been doing. Clear skies, Joseph Dias Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan