The document discusses the use of mobile apps in English Language Teaching (ELT), emphasizing their potential to engage Saudi students who are often on their devices. It highlights various free apps like Quizlet, WhatsApp, AnswerGarden, and others for different educational purposes, such as vocabulary learning, brainstorming, and creating visuals. The guide encourages teachers to leverage these tools while providing practical links and tips for effective integration into the classroom.

1. Using Apps in ELT
Why use Apps?
• Saudi students like using mobiles all
the time
• Some colleges ban their use for what
might be obvious reasons
• But is this missing a trick?
• Cashing in on their interest could be
one more way to motivate them

2. Some guidelines
• All free
• They have websites
• Copy the URL address and make it
tiny with goo.gl which generates a QR
code
• Students scan the code with a QR
Code Reader app, which takes them
straight to the task

3. Goo.gl

4. QR code reader

5. Quizlet
• For learning vocabulary items, lexical
chunks, collocations
• You can create a class, and sets of
items (no more than 20 items is
optimal), you can use synonyms,
definitions or translate the terms
to/from Arabic), add images and even
use it for comprehension tasks.
https://quizlet.com

6. • It is easy to share with your students,
and you can encourage them to make
and share their sets.
• No need for students to sign up.
• SeeSandy Millin‘s detailed guide:
https://independentenglish.wordpress.c
om/2012/03/13/quizlet/

7. Whatsapp
• Useful for creating class groups to
share images, texts and recordings
• This is probably the most important
App of them all as all the URL
addresses can be shared with your
students via your class group.
https://web.whatsapp.com/

8. Answergarden
• For brainstorming, checking students
prior knowledge and getting short (20
characters) answers.
• No need for students to sign up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbi
CnrkrwZM

9. Mentimeter
• Good for brainstorming, mind
mapping, allows for longer answers. I
like the visual features. No need for
students to sign up.
https://www.mentimeter.com/

10. Linoit
• Collaborative board for sharing ideas,
images and videos via sticky notes.
• Easy for students to use.
• IPhone users now need to download
the app in advance to see the canvas
(collaborative board)
• No need for Android students to sign
up.
http://en.linoit.com/

12. Photofunia
• for creating fun posters, billboards and
other images on Smarphones, using
photos from the Smartphone gallery.
• https://photofunia.com/

13. Muzy
• Muzy for creating photo collages or
storyboards.
http://muzy.com/app/photobox

14. Canva
• Canva for creating Infographics.
https://www.canva.com/

15. Keep Calm-o-matic
• Keep-Calm-O-Matic for creating Keep
Calm posters.
www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk

16. Google Translate
Treat with CAUTION! But it has its
uses…
https://translate.google.co.uk/

17. Thank you for participating!