1. Using Edmodo with ESOL learners
Why Edmodo?
 easy to access
 user friendly interface / very similar to Facebook
 mobile app
 secure / teacher has overall control of posts
 range of activities +apps to use
https://support.edmodo.com/home#teacher
Possible benefits:
 Reduces the barriers between ‘learning and living’ (Little, 1991) – building on
existing learner autonomy
 Learners are using social media every day
 Similarity of this type of writing to spoken language could help learners
develop speaking skills - ‘written-as-if-spoken’ language - (Walker and White,
2013:42)
 Allows less confident learners time to reflect before making their contributions
– seems to result in more detailed / fuller responses
 Learners seem to have fully engaged with only using English on Edmodo – in
contrast to their use of Facebook etc
More info: dianatremayne@calderdale.ac.uk; laural@calderdale.ac.uk