Student Assignment 4: Reviewing Mobile Application and Educational Games for ELT (BBC Learning English)

 

 FAUZIA NURMALASARI / 20201111003   

  

VI. MALL and Gamification in ELT

• Kinds of Mobile Applications and Educational Games for ELT

Currently, there are lots of Mobile Applications and Educational Games which can be enjoyed by mobile phones. Without exception, applications are used in ELT. Examples of mobile applications and educational games for ELT are as follows:

1. Duolingo
2. Memrise
3. Kahoot
4. etc. 

• Reviewing Mobile an Application and Educational Games for ELT 

On this occasion, I will review BBC Learning English for ELT.  I was interested in this application because not only has many Official Accounts such as on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook it also has a podcast on Spotify. It makes me more trust of it.

🌏Application Name

                    "BBC Learning English"

🌏Application Category

                    Mobile Application

🌏Application Purpose

1. To provide multimedia English Language Teaching material to meet learners' needs.
2. To liberate learners in choosing the best way to study for them; by following a full course or by following the individual materials most appropriate to them.

  Here is the table of the Application Evaluation Rubric: 

🌏Relevance

The score: 4

This application is proper for ELT. It provides many features for instance

• Courses (Easy, Medium, and Hard Level)
• Grammar (Easy, Medium, and Hard Levels)
• Pronunciation (Easy and Medium)
• Vocabulary (Easy and Medium)
• News
• EYL 
• Tips for Teacher 
• Drama
• etc.

🌏Feedback

The score: 4

BBC Learning English will send the feedback directly when learners have done the courses to test our level. It helps learners to know what levels are and there are recommendations for us that will build on what learners know and teach them new and more complex grammar and vocabulary. 

🌏Thinking Skills

The score: 4

BBC Learning English makes it easier to connect tasks to High Order Thinking Skills. It gives a few tests to assess learners, gives news that can be analyzed, it also provides some audio and video that can be applied in their daily life.

🌏Ease of Use

The score: 4

Students can operate and open this application independently.

🌏Engagement

                    The score: 4

Students are highly motivated to use "BBC Learning English". Because it provides many features that students can choose what material they want to study.

🌏Sharing

                    The score: 4

BBC Learning English gives allowance for both learners and teachers to share their material (video, worksheets, etc.) but with terms on conditions that can be read on their website.

           🌏Accessibility and Cost

The score: 4

As I have said in the introduction, BBC Learning English is very accessible because it has many Official Accounts. Fortunately, it is a chargeless application.

🌏How to Use/Apply "BBC Learning English" in ELT

                As teachers, we can use this application for the following:

• Teaching Vocabulary, Grammar, Pronunciation, Everyday English, Business English, EYL (English for Young Learners), Learning with news, and Learning with Drama
• Assess learners 
• Sharing the Materials 

🌏The Impact of "BBC Learning English" on ELT

      The impacts of "BBC Learning English" on ELT are:

1. Students more passionate about learning English 
2. Students can evaluate themselves by doing the courses
3. Students can join the forum discussion 
4. Teacher can assess the students easily

🌏The Advantages of "BBC Learning English"

• Chargeless
• Accessible
• Ease of Use
• Varied Features

🌏The Weaknesses of "BBC Learning English" 

• The teacher can't directly monitor when doing the assessment.
• There is no reward feature.

🌏Language Skills and Components that would be effective

BBC Learning English is very effective for Listening Skills and Reading Skills Learning. Because it provides some videos and news that can be accessed. However, using this application for Writing Skills and Speaking Skills are not too effective. Because it doesn't provide a recorder for recording learners' statements (for Speaking Skills) and it doesn’t support retraining the Writing Skills. However, BBC Learning English supports all components i.e., Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation. 

 

 REFERENCES

BBC Learning English Team. (n.d.). BBC Learning English-Course. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/test-your-level