Mobile Assisted Language Learning

Alan Schwartz

Founder & CEO

http://www.englishcentral.com/academic

D.Deubelbeiss

Director of Education

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Your average U.S. student spends 8 to 10 hours per day on their mobile phone

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Over 10,000 of the best English learning videos lessons

Interactive Videos on mobile now a reality

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Learn Words In Context

“Learning from context is so important that some studies suggest that first language learners learn most of their vocabulary in this way.” - Paul Nation

Students mark words they don’t know, and EnglishCentral does the restTracking progress across devices

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• Microphones are better and easier to set up on mobile• Speech Assessment Technology works better on mobile• More opportunities to practice: 250+ million lines spoken

Teacher Tools & “Listen In”

Speak.GoLive!

GoLive!: 1 on 1 tutoring with a live teacher

Speak.GoLive! lesson report . . .Sample GoLive Sessions

The Mobile Experience . . .now with GoLive!

Why m-learning?

(5: strongly agree, 4: agree, 3: no opinion, 2: disagree, 1: strongly disagree)

Engagement . . .

• Watched 38% more videos

Students learn faster on Mobile . . .

• Learned 58% more vocabulary

• Watched 38% more videos

• Learned 58% more vocabulary

• Spoke 84% more lines. Why?

• Spoke 84% more lines

***based on 30K students in Japan

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(5: strongly agree, 4: agree, 3: no opinion, 2: disagree, 1: strongly disagree)

Learners Improve their pronunciation and fluency by 1 CEFR Level in 3 months

Proven Effective to Improve Speaking . . .

Confidential

(5: strongly agree, 4: agree, 3: no opinion, 2: disagree, 1: strongly disagree)

Students who studied more than 42 hours increased their Versant score by 7 points

Validated by third party tests . . .

1: A 15-minute spoken English test for adults

Assessment: Pearson Versant Evaluation Test1● 200 Japanese university freshman used EC over a 14 week period● Students evaluated before and after to compare the amount of studying at EC and the increase

VET scores

Confidential

Why Mobile Works?

Offer Bite Sized Nuggets. The

nature of mobile usage--waiting at a bus

stop, sitting on a bench at lunch--means

learners want task completion in a relatively

small chunk of time. “Micro Progress”

Cross Platform. Watching a video or

vocabulary learning are ideally suited for mobile;

writing, live tutoring or speaking practice less so.

“Synchronized Progress”

In App Messages. Open rates 50%

higher on mobile products. Automated too:

“I noticed you didn’t practice in the last 3

days,” or through tools that allow teachers to

listen in on student progress and provide

personalized feedback.

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Game Dynamics. Motivation through making

it fun; competitive; rewarding.

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