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Using apps in the language classroom

Pete Sharma

Overview

Distinctions

Using apps in courses

Over to you

Do you have afavourite app?

Shazam

Solar walk

Operating systems

Android Apple IOS Windows phone

Classroom vs ‘On the move’

Nicky Hockly

Authentic vs ELT

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Cost:£13.99

Free vs cost

Basic version vsPremium content

In-app purchase

Native – web-based

‘iterative publishing’

V.1

V.1

V.2

Evaluating apps

“They are simply teaching materials”

What is the pedagogical justification?

What is the learning aim?

Think about your teaching context and how to exploit them

Practical ideas

1) Grammar

2) Vocabulary

3) Listening

4) Reading

5) Speaking

6) Phonology

Calendar app

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Stocks

The weather app! Visual Grammar(Richmond)

GrammarApps

The Big

Picture(Richmond)

Grammar practice appsVocabulary storage apps

e.g. Quizlet

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary app

Lis tening

• In the news

• Free

• ‘Podcast app’

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Reading

Skimming

IELTS app

Newsmart Maze

Escape from Pizza Palace [Richmond]

Voting tools

Kahoot

Prezi app

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Voice recognition

Siri

Google Voice

Voice to text

Brainstorming tools

Sounds

Apps

Flipping e.g. Educreations

AR apps e.g. Aurasma / Layar / Cornelson Page player

VR apps e.g. Bosch / Samung apps

Download a copy of Pete’s e-book on Apps

www.smashwords.com

iPad

Sony reader

Kindle

Nook

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