The document summarizes research on using mobile phones to supplement English language education in Japan. It discusses: 1) The lack of English learning time in Japanese schools compared to other countries. Mobile phones could enable additional outside of class learning. 2) A survey found 99% of students own mobile phones and prefer using email over browsing on their phones. 3) The AMELSS system was designed to deliver English learning content via automatic emails with quizzes at different stages of the learning cycle. 4) Experiments will test the most effective email frequency and usefulness of customized extended learning content.

1. Noriko Uosaki a , Mengmeng Li b Hiroaki Ogata c and Yoneo Yano d a Center for General Education, The University of Tokushima, Japan b,c,d Dept. of Information Science and Intelligent Systems Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, Japan [email_address]

2. Tokushima We are from here

3. English Education in Japan

4. OUTLINE 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SURVEY RESULTS 3. SYSTEM DESIGN 4. METHODS 5. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK

7. How should we cope with this shortage? If time to study in class is limited, there is no other way but to learn outside class . 1. INTRODUCTION (3/6 )

13. 3. System Design (1/6) Cyclic Model of Learning (based on Takeuchi 2007) ‘ Class’ means not only learning in-class but also learning outside-class and it allows teachers to incorporate students’ self-learning into classroom activities (Sumi & Takeuchi 2008). Mobile learning (1)(3): push mode (4): request mode

14. AMELSS (adaptive mobile-based English learning support system ) Overview of AMELSS Automatic HTML mail delivery All the tests results English levels and field of interests access to RSSs

18. Mail Delivery Schedule (Sample) 3. System Design (6/6)

23. For the further development of AMELSS 5. Conclusions and Future Works (2/2) should be taken into account Cooperative learning