Published June 29, 2017 | Version v1
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INTEGRATING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IN ESL CLASSROOMS

  • 1. Assistant Professor, Department of English, AMET University, Chennai, Tamilnadu
  • 2. Assistant Professor, Department of English, Aadhi College of Engineering and Technology, Wallajabad, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu

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It’s the right time to know more about mobile technology and mobile learning in the present digital era where mobile phones have become an integral part of everyone’s life. In recent years there have been amazing advances in mobile technology. Mobile learning has enabled various institutions, colleges and schools throughout the world in order to modernize aspects of teaching, learning and training. The key words in mobile learning are “facilitate, support, enhance, extend”.

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