Increasing Awareness and Talk Time through Free Messaging Apps

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1

This article explains how free messaging apps can extend spoken-English practice inside and outside the classroom through text, audio, and images. It presents practical smartphone activities that increase talk time, fluency, interaction, self-monitoring, and learner autonomy while helping students balance meaning with accuracy.

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Andrew Pollard

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Teachers Grammar Pronunciation Vocabulary Integrated Skills Technology in Teaching
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1

English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 1

This issue of English Teaching Forum explores ways to expand meaningful listening and communication through mobile messaging, focused listening tasks, guided meditation, and interactive vocabulary practice.