How can the mobile devices learners carry around with them all day and already use for work, play, communication and socialisation be used in the service of language teaching? First, define mobile learning (mLearning) and present data from a 2011 survey about mLearning and ELT. Then, the presentation reviews some examples of mLearning in action showing both high-resource and low-resource projects. Having now given the audience an APPetite for mobile learning, theoretical guidelines for implementing mLearning effectively in any teaching context are then presented. Finally, the audience will put theory into practice using the set of guidelines to evaluate the usefulness of any mobile learning app using four British Council LearnEnglish mobile apps as examples.

1. Promoting an APPetite for mobile learning
12 January 2013
Al Hosn University, Abu Dhabi
Colin Hoy
ICT Co-ordinator
British Council Dubai
colin.hoy@ae.britishcouncil.org

2. Learning on the move
LearnEnglish mobile learning apps
• A range of apps from the British Council
promoting anywhere, anytime English
language learning
• Download apps for Android, iOS (iPhone or
iPad), bada, Blackberry and Ovi
• Search your favourite app store for
‘British Council’

3. Learning on the move
LearnEnglish Audio & Video
• Listening practice on the go
• Choose from a variety of audio and video
series especially designed for language
learners
• Pitch control to slow down speech
• Synchronised tapescript including glossary
entries with word definitions
• iOS out now. Android coming soon

4. Learning on the move
LearnEnglish Grammar
• Wide variety of interactive grammar practice
• Graded language practice
• Follows core inventory of language syllabus
• In app content for purchase
• Multiple language support
• Available for iOS, Android and Blackberry
phones.
• #1 educational app in Hong Kong, Thailand

5. Learning on the move
MyWordBook 2
• Interactive vocabulary learning tool
• Create flashcards for the words your learning
• In app content from Cambridge University Press for
purchase creates an interactive dictionary
• Adaptive learning moves words from practice area
into review area
• Available for iOS, Blackberry and Android
• Also out as a web app on Mozilla Firefox soon

6. Learning on the move
LearnEnglish Sports World
• LearnEnglish Sports World is a hidden
object and word game with a sports
theme
• In LearnEnglish Sports World, players
have to find hidden sports objects in a
beautifully illustrated sports scene and
correctly spell the hidden sports objects
to earn medals
• Available for iPhone and iPad

7. Learning on the move
LearnEnglish Elementary Podcasts
LearnEnglish Elementary Podcasts app is a series of
English learning podcasts for your learners to directly
download and enjoy on your phone
Each show, with the dynamic duo of Tess and Ravi, is 20
minutes long and comes with questions aimed at
elementary learners of English, which can be attempted
while listening to the podcast

8. Learning on the move
Big City (Audio soap podcasts)
Big City Small World is an audio soap for learners
of English. Set in London, it follows the lives of a
group of regulars in Tony's cafe
The application includes:
•Over 30 episodes
•10 cartoons with accompanying language learning points.

9. Learning on the move
Sounds Right
Sounds Right is the British Council's
pronunciation chart for learners and
teachers worldwide
This app is for the iPad

10. Learning on the move
Johnny Grammar’s Quizmaster
Test yourself against our grammar expert Johnny Grammar with this
app for Android™ smartphone and share your score with
friends via Facebook
The game features:
•3 levels of grammar questions
•hundreds of vocabulary questions

11. Learning on the move
60 Second Word Challenge
• A vocabulary game to help improve and widen English learning
• Challenge friends and other learners through Facebook and iTunes
Games Center
• Three levels of difficulty, 10 topic areas and 600 questions
• Also available as a Samsung Smart TV and Samsung Android app

12. Learning on the move
Wordshake
Make as many words as you can against the clock in
two minutes. Wordshake includes a 10,000 + word
vocabulary database and provides feedback on the
possible words after you’ve completed the game
Challenge friends by posting scores to Facebook

13. Learning on the move
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps