Shrestha, Prithvi
(2012).
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcallt.2012100103 |
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Abstract
Mobile technologies have been influencing the field of education including language learning for almost a decade. The literature on mobile technologies for education reports a number of case studies that examine various aspects of mobile learning. However, the use of mobile technologies for teacher professional development, particularly in developing economies, is rarely reported. This paper presents a case study of the English in Action (EIA) project, a UK government funded English language development project in Bangladesh, and its use of mobile technologies which not only provides teachers with the ‘trainer in the pocket’ that helps them achieve pedagogical changes in the classroom but also serves as a tool for improving their own English language competence. The paper, in particular, reports on the design and implementation of audio and video teacher professional development materials for MP3 players and mobile phones. It also highlights implications for similar projects intending to deploy mobile technologies.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2012 IGI Global |
| ISSN: | 2155-7101 |
| Keywords: | teacher professional development; Communicative Language Teaching (CLT); MP3 players; mobile phones; English in Action (EIA) |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Education and Language Studies > Languages |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) |
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| Item ID: | 34687 |
| Depositing User: | Prithvi Shrestha |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2012 09:23 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2013 06:30 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/34687 |
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