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ERIC Number: ED572180
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Aug
Pages: 6
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Aligning Out-of-Class Material with Curriculum: Tagging Grammar in a Mobile Music Application
Sundberg, Ross; Cardoso, Walcir
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2016 Conference (23rd, Limassol, Cyprus, Aug 24-27, 2016)
The time available for classroom language learning is often insufficient for attaining reasonable levels of proficiency in the target language. For this reason, optimising time in the classroom is contingent upon what students are able to do outside of class time. In this paper, we introduce Bande à Part, a mobile application (app) that uses music as a pedagogical tool, developed for learners of French as a second or foreign language. As an out-of-class tool, the proposed app has the potential to increase the quantity (and possibly the quality) of the exposure to the target language, thus addressing the time constraint mentioned above. Specifically, we describe the recent addition of grammatical information to the app, which is now tagged to individual songs. With this addition, songs can be better aligned with curricula and individual needs. Aligning the application to a curriculum helps bring continuity between the classroom and learning outside of the classroom. [For the complete volume of short papers, see ED572005.]
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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