Mobile facilities exist
to limit some difficulties in language learning. Students need to get real
example of native’s conversation. They also need to save all of their files
without using a big bag. They have to be ready with all kinds of materials in
hand. These complex tasks can easily be handled by the help of mobile learning.
They are easy and come in hand.
Here are some examples
of mobile learning in language learning:
Laptops
This portable computer
is made to help the users to do linguistic activities such as recording, typing
documents, etc. It also provides with large capacity of hard disc to save many
kinds of application (software) and data. Laptops usually consist of two main
parts. They are keyboard and screen.
Tablets
This tool is the form
of slim laptop. Tablet has many varieties in term of thickness and breadth.
They use touch screen for being operated. Users can also use optical keyboard
if they don’t want to use touch screen. Many kinds of application are available.
For example electronic dictionary, voice recorder even pdf files.
IPods
Another form of mobile
devices is the IPod which was produced by Apple Company. It is a portable media
player of digital audio files or MP3s that enables users to listen to them with
high quality sound. The new version of IPods does not only provide audio.
Students can download language learning easily and share texts and images or
audio/video files with their peers and teachers.
Podcast
Podcasting is also
classified as a variety of M-learning. The term podcast is formed through the
combination of IPod (portable digital audio player). Podcasting is a form of
M-learning in which a device a device is used to listen to or watch an audio or
video broadcast. Broadcasts are published on the Internet and automatically
download on to a desktop and laptop computer. It is already widely utilized in
language learning, especially for offering authentic and the act of recording
it.
Cell
phones
Short Message Service
(SMS), voice-messaging, cameras, video recording and even Internet access for
cell phone users are practical for language learning. These features allow
language teachers to offer access to authentic content, communicative language
practice, as well as completion of tasks to the students.
PDAs
Personal Digital
assistants are pocket-sized computers that are expandable with some hardware
components like keyboards and wireless networks and can be equipped such as
word processors, flash-cards, databases, and bilingual dictionaries. One of the
primary roles of PDAs has been as a translator in language-learning classroom.
Other than that, software programs such as ‘MobilLearn’ have managed to convert
PDAs into ‘talking phrasebooks’.
Reference : Journal of Education and Practice, ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper) Vol 3, No 7, 2012
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