EnglishCentral recently gave a talk at TESOL 2016 about the power of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL). Here are the slides.

1. Mobile Assisted Language Learning
Alan Schwartz
Founder & CEO
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D.Deubelbeiss
Director of Education
Teach English with the World’s Best Videos

2. Your average U.S. student spends 8 to 10 hours per day on their mobile phone
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How much time does the average US student
spend on their phone each day?

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4. Watch - “Extensive Watching”
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Interactive Videos on mobile now a reality

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Tracking progress across devices

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• Microphones are better and easier to set up on mobile
• Speech Assessment Technology works better on mobile
• More opportunities to practice: 250+ million lines spoken

7. Teacher Tools & “Listen In”

8. Speak.
GoLive!
GoLive!: 1 on 1 tutoring with a live teacher

9. Speak.GoLive! lesson report . . .
Sample GoLive Sessions

10. The Mobile Experience . . .now with GoLive!

11. Why m-learning?

12. (5: strongly agree, 4: agree, 3: no opinion, 2: disagree, 1: strongly disagree)
Engagement . . .
• Watched 38% more videos
Students learn faster on Mobile . . .
• Learned 58% more vocabulary
• Watched 38% more videos
• Learned 58% more vocabulary
• Spoke 84% more lines. Why?
• Spoke 84% more lines
***based on 30K students in Japan
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13. (5: strongly agree, 4: agree, 3: no opinion, 2: disagree, 1: strongly disagree)
Learners Improve their pronunciation and fluency by 1 CEFR Level in 3 months
Proven Effective to Improve Speaking . . .
Confidential

14. (5: strongly agree, 4: agree, 3: no opinion, 2: disagree, 1: strongly disagree)
Students who studied more than 42 hours increased their Versant score by 7 points
Validated by third party tests . . .
1: A 15-minute spoken English test for adults
Assessment: Pearson Versant Evaluation Test1
● 200 Japanese university freshman used EC over a 14 week period
● Students evaluated before and after to compare the amount of studying at EC and the increase
VET scores
Confidential

15. Why Mobile Works?
Offer Bite Sized Nuggets. The
nature of mobile usage--waiting at a bus
stop, sitting on a bench at lunch--means
learners want task completion in a relatively
small chunk of time. “Micro Progress”
Cross Platform. Watching a video or
vocabulary learning are ideally suited for mobile;
writing, live tutoring or speaking practice less so.
“Synchronized Progress”
In App Messages. Open rates 50%
higher on mobile products. Automated too:
“I noticed you didn’t practice in the last 3
days,” or through tools that allow teachers to
listen in on student progress and provide
personalized feedback.
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Game Dynamics. Motivation through making
it fun; competitive; rewarding.

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18. Thank you
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all your support
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