LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 16:2 February 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
         N. Nadaraja Pillai, Ph.D.
         Renuga Devi, Ph.D.
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A Treatise on English Teaching Android Applications

Dr. P. Malathy

Abstract

Mobile phones have an indispensable role in the wide extensive growth of communication. The advent of the mobile operating system called Android, currently developed by Google, plays god for myriad conducive communication in the fields of commerce, medicine, engineering, technology and education. To state its role in education, there are umpteen teaching learning apps existing in the Google play store for a free-download to our android mobiles. Deploying one’s discretion in making the right choice of downloading the tutorial apps from the play store is indeed, possible with minimal technical knowledge and an attitude for learning. Factually speaking, technology aided English teaching is end-focused and it is result oriented. Moreover, the noteworthy advantage of android aided English teaching is the availability of extensive English teaching apps for discrepant levels of learners namely Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Precisely, learning English from BBC besides, getting prepared for competitive exams like TOEFL and IELTS are made easy through these apps available in android mobile phones. In fact, this article is an effort to edify the possibility of enhancing one’s English language proficiency exclusively through the regular access of learner to some of the effective English teaching android applications.

Keywords: mobile phone, language learning, android, technology aided language learning.

1.1 Introduction

Android, the operating system designed for touch screen smart phones and tablets, is a boon for English language learners. As interfacing with android is not a cumbersome task, the learners of English language shall exhibit a phenomenal progress in the acquisition of English language just by using touch gestures of their smart phones like swiping, tapping, and affording either a virtual or keyboard input to execute their needs. A survey made recently observes almost 71% of the developers on creating apps for android besides the 40% of the full-time android developers identified in 2015(Developer Economics Q3 Analyst Report, 2013 & 2015).

All these evidences perhaps simplify the prospects of English tutoring through simple means. An android smart phone can best assume the role of a language tutoring tool kit at the convenience of the learner. In fact, the British Council has been advocating this technology of teaching English through mobile phones since 2010. These lessons of British Council are designed in a way to make the students enjoy expressing their thoughts over mobile phones through conversations, deciphering text messages and replying them as per need. The user-friendly applications of android mobile phones make them the most indispensable medium of communication. Therefore, teachers of English shall take advantage of all the great features and capabilities of mobile phones to encourage their students to learn English in a more comprehensive and effective way (Naveen K Mehta, 2012).

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Dr. P. Malathy
Assistant Professor, English
LRG Government Arts College for Women
Tirupur
Tamilnadu
India
prof.p.malathy@gmail.com
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