A teacher’s contribution to literacy and mLearning
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Managing diverse learning needs in multilingual classrooms, is the greatest challenge we face in education today. Ongoing teacher education and continuous professional development have failed to keep pace with these changes. For the system as a whole, literacy levels are at crisis point, and many young people within education are simply not going to make it. While mLearning has the ability to provide students with a highly personalised learning experience, the capacity for implementation at grassroots level is poor. In addition, there are insufficient educators at decision making level, with the knowledge and the insight to ensure that technology works for everyone. I believe it is time that educators re-claimed the technology debate. This is my contribution to mLearning, which involves the work I have been doing to harness the technological features of mobile devices to support language and literacy development within an academic context. I hope you enjoy the resources and I look forward to your comments.
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- 1. Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Academic language for school An Irish Teacher’s Contribution to Literacy and mLearning Joanna Norton Educator Teacher-Educator Mobile Content Entrepreneur
- 2. My journey from educator, teacher-educator to mobile content entrepreneur started in classrooms in north London. I grew extremely frustrated by the numbers of young people with low levels of literacy and the lack of appropriate content to support diverse learning needs in multilingual classrooms. Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish I started using mobile phones for teaching and learning in 1996, which allowed me engage with young people through a medium they related to. At the same time I started to travel to the villages, towns and cities that many of our students are from, in an attempt to present learning from an non ethno-European perspective. I believe that mobile devices have the capacity to both democratise education and provide a highly personalised learning experience. I started to develop Keywords English, a research-based app, in an attempt to support young people with the academic language of school. I also developed supplementary worksheets for whole class instruction, support classes, and for content teachers in the area of language and literacy.. I hope you and your students enjoy using these worksheets and app, which are free to use, and that they help progress all learning to the next level.
- 3. Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Academic language for school Keywords English Worksheets Keywords English App
- 4. Vocabulary Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish A simple activity to pre-teach vocabulary to ensure students understand the core meaning of the reading task.
- 5. Reading task Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Here students are required to infer meaning from context. The students are also reminded about the importance of good writing.
- 6. Multi-choice Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish This multi-choice activity tests comprehension of the keywords in context.
- 7. Matching activity Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Can be used to test prior knowledge, test comprehension, or be used for revision and consolidation purposes.
- 8. Matching activity Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Can be used to test prior knowledge, test comprehension, or be used for revision and consolidation purposes.
- 9. Parts of speech Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish An activity that helps students identify the form of each of the keywords.
- 10. Word stress Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Breaking words into syllables and then identifying the syllable with the main stress, supports clear communication.
- 11. Word stress Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Breaking words into syllables and then identifying the syllable with the main stress, supports clear communication.
- 12. Spell the keyword Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Students can work alone or in pairs to identify the correct spelling of the keywords.
- 13. Spelling (in pairs) Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish An additional spelling activity that can also develop oral skills. Students can work in pairs to support each other.
- 14. Snap Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Can be used as a pre-teaching exercise, to check comprehension, consolidate learning or for revision purposes.
- 15. Snap Academic language for school Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Can be used as a pre-teaching exercise that checks comprehension, consolidate learning or supports revision.
- 16. Classroom-based evidence Academic language for school Usefulness 100%Usefulness 100% Relevant 100%Relevant 100% Student feedback on worksheetsStudent feedback on worksheets Support with keywords 100%Support with keywords 100% Understand the topic 100%Understand the topic 100% “I would like to do more work on pronunciation. Science words are difficult to say.”“I would like to do more work on pronunciation. Science words are difficult to say.” Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Can be used as a pre-teaching exercise, to check comprehension, consolidate learning or for revision purposes. Students were asked to rate their experience of using the worksheets and how well the worksheets supported their learning.
- 17. Preparation for user-generated content Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Academic language for school The next stage is to get students to create their own content. These photos, which are models, were taken in Co. Cork, Ireland and shared with teachers.
- 18. User-generated content Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Academic language for school ESOL students at the College of Haringey Enfield and North East London used the worksheets and went on to create their own content.
- 19. User-generated content Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Academic language for school Students were shown the models and then asked to create images of the keywords they learnt and showcase them in their community.
- 20. User-generated content Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Academic language for school These photos of the keywords for photosynthesis, were taken by students on Arranmore island, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
- 21. User-generated content Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Academic language for school Students in Adıyaman, eastern Turkey, are about to start developing their own content on the topic of photosynthesis.
- 22. More information Email: joanna@keywordsenglish.com Twitter: @KeywordsEnglish Facebook.com/keywordsenglish Academic language for school Link to worksheets: http://www.keywordsenglish.com/?p=565 Download the Keywords English app to learn about photosynthesis at your own pace. Download the Keywords English app to learn about photosynthesis at your own pace. I really want to understand science. I really want to understand science.