Twenty Ideas for Using Mobile Phones in the Language Classroom

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Educators need to learn how best to use the increasingly popular mobile phone technology to support learning in the language classroom. This author outlines the benefits as well as potential problems and solutions of mobile phone use, giving twenty practical ideas for classroom activities, such as using a voice recorder to capture conversations outside the classroom.

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Hayo Reinders

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 3 showing a baseball glove, baseball, and baseball bat

English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 3

Baseball is the focus of this issue. "Baseball: A National Tradition" offers an in-depth look at this popular American sport, while the Lesson Plan provides activities to interest students in baseball. Other articles in this issue discuss teaching critical thinking to prepare EFL students for univer