Using Your Cell
Phone for Instruction
ProLiteracy Blog:
4.02.2020 by Jessica Gilmour
ProLiteracy
has an excellent list
of resources you can use with students during this
period of social/physical distancing including instructional resources and
tools. Let’s talk about some of those resources and tools. Let’s start with a
tool that you and your students all most likely have—a cell phone.
If you’re working with ESL students, one
of the easiest ways to use a cell phone is to set up regularly scheduled calls
where you can talk with students and they can practice their conversational
English. Aim for at least a 10 minute conversation two times a week. Before you
end your call, determine what you will talk about for the next call so the
student has a chance to think about what he or she wants to say and can
practice the relevant grammar and vocabulary. If you need topics, I suggest using
current events topics from News for You. News for You Online is providing the
courtesy password 22667F through June 30, 2020, so anyone can access News for You Online.
If you want to have a phone call with
more than one student at the same time, you can google “How to make a
conference call on my [insert whatever phone you have].” Though the
instructions are different for each phone, they are all straightforward and
easy to find. READ MORE ➤➤
Based
on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 10
Reading Level: standard / average.
Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. Old
(Ninth to Tenth graders)
