Should your teacher text message you?
Here’s a thought: vocabulary words sent to twice a day in a nice little text message. As a teacher, it seems perfect. I get to catch my students during their social time and focus them (for just a second) on learning. The text message gives them a nice bite-size chunk of learning. There have been several research studies, like “Using mobile phones in English education in Japan”, that show text messages can help students learn vocabulary better than traditional methods.
In that study, students said they liked receiving the text messages, but I just don’t know. I guess, if it helps students learn more while “studying” less, then of course they would like it. But for those students reading this…should your teacher send you text messages? If you say yes, I am going to start doing it to my students.
Last 5 posts by katiemitchell
- A Small Part of a Book... By Me! - May 14th, 2009
- Teacher on the Move: What Would You Bring Abroad? - April 26th, 2009
- TESOL Convention Tidbits-- Free Writing - March 28th, 2009
- TESOL Convention Tidbits-- Writing the Main Idea - March 26th, 2009
- TESOL Convention Tidbits-- Creating a Book Club - March 26th, 2009
Tags: cell phone, cell phone english class, english teacher, mobile phone, mobile phone class, technology english learning, text message, text message english class, text message english vocab
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
It is a convenient way to implove english
October 16th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I’m in college and I am horrible at English. I think this would be a great idea for your students. I’m a junior majoring in Business Marketing and high vocabulary is a must! Since, advanced vocabulary is a way of explaining to others specifically what your thinking etc. Furthermore, In the business world the highest paid CEO’S, have the highest vocabulary.
Make it fun!
Goodluck!
April 13th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
[...] – Should your teacher text message you? saved by rikutaka2009-04-04 – Free Phone Dating Services — How Do They Work? saved by [...]