http://www.iallt.org/iallt_journal/realizing_the_potential_of_mobile_phone_technology_for_language_learning
Almost everybody wants to learn a different language but buying an expensive disc set or hiring someone to teach you a language is not an option for many people. This is where mobile phone technology for language learning can come into play. Using a mobile phone however can have drawbacks as well like intrusion of privacy, cost, and difficulty of use.
I chose this article because using my phone as a way to learn a new language never really came to mind before and it's actually a really good idea. I think it's interesting how much technology has advanced and all the things we can achieve with it and I totally agree with it. There are probably a ton of language learning apps and ways to learn about a different language and the culture surrounding it that I will be looking into because it is so convenient. I feel that many people in the world probably already use some kind of mobile device and using it to learn a new language is so practical. If everyone in the world used something like this than we could all learn multiple languages and communicate with different cultures easily.
This is actually very useful information. Technology is so apparent in our world today and a huge majority of people own smartphones. Therefore, using it as a medium to practice and hone a language is very practical. I think I'm actually going to go and search for some apps now haha.
ReplyDeleteIt was fascinating that they recognized the push v. pull on the pedagogical side of things and that makes education and consumer product and therefore language as well. I had never thought of it in that way but it is a tool. Their use of Europeans as a model to test theory is to me terrible. Our cultural differences, the smaller populations of each country as compared to the US, as well as the fact that most Europeans grow up speaking more than one language make it very irritating to me when they use the EU as a comparative. Great scholarly article though, with some potential but it needs more thought.
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