english language learning

1. English Language learning
through mobile phone
By Arifa Rahman and Tanya Cotter
Presented by
Aprilianty Widyastuti

2. Overview
Bangladeshi context
English teaching initiatives
English learning project

3. Bangladeshi context: general
• MostDenselypopulatedinthe world (150m)
• Bangla official anddominantlanguage
• Educationsystem:primary (free), secondary(98%private)&
tertiary

4. 150.000.000 people
Bangladesh Bureau statistics, 2012
95.528 million mobile phone
subcribers

5. “The overall objective of EIA is to
raise the English language
skills of 25 million people in
Bangladesh by 2017 by
initiating innovative ways of
learning English

6. English language learning initiatives in Bangladesh
✘ Mobile technology and English language
learning
✘ Sms through mobile
✘ Audio through mobile
✘ Multimedia content through mobile

7. Research methods to collect and analyse data
pre-testing
and piloting
of media
products
Investigating
needs and
context to
guide
development
monitoring
audience
reactions;
Evaluating
the impact.

8. Evaluating the educational impact of the project
Engagement
Language
Develop
ment
Learning
english in
other
ways

9. Grouping of Panellist
There are 46 Pannelist, consisting of
23 males and 23 females divided into
three groups :
listen to one lesson per week
and take part in a quiz
Listen to three lessons a week
Listen to each week

10. result of the evaluation
1. Attitudes towards the mobile lessons
2. motivation and confidence
3. learning practices
4. aspects of language use

11. Attitudes towards mobile lessons
They appreciated the
convenience in accesing
the lessons anytime
and anywhere
The content useful
and relevant
Mobile lessons easier
and more interisting
than their traditional
English lessons
Cheaper way of learning
than taking private
tuition or going to a
coaching centre

12. The weakness
Had problems
understanding all the
content
Some missed the presence
of a teacher with whom
they could speak when they
could not understand

13. Motivation and confidence
Motivation key factor in succesful learning
Confidence a desire for self - development

14. Writing
- start to use complete sentences
- grammatical accuracy also
-increased
- Write more complex sentences
- Increase in vocabulary
- More frequent using connectors
Aspect of language development
Speaking
✘ fluency
✘Accuracy
✘Using comparison
✘Extended speech
✘Taking risks
✘Improvement in pronounciation
✘A similar improvement
✘Development in aspects of discourse
and communicative effectiveness

15. CONCLUSION
A Mobile learning service for english language
learning has the potential to be an effective
learning tool, not only for developing english
language skills but also increasing confidence
and levels of motivation and encouraging
learners to engage further in additional modes
of learning

16. thanks!