A MALL activity

Mobile devices can be used in a variety of ways to support instruction. They offer an efficient way for Ss to work with language, they support peer collaboration. Having Ss use their own devices means they are working in a familiar context and are able to continue to use the devices outside the classroom. Ss' use of mobile devices for doing the tasks are useful, but they are more productive for learning when it's a group or class discussions generated by the activity. So I have chosen some activities that are interesting and interactive.

• Ask your Ss to take pictures of their favourite room in the house using camera feature. They present the pictures to the class, share them with the group, describe it and say why it is their favourite(6th form in a secodary Armenian school).
• Practicing numbers(from 1 to 100) using calculator. there is no need to have to write them all down on the board. Ask the Ss to use the calculator function in their phones. Give a student two numbers to add(16+35). Ss add the numbers and try to say the result correctly in English (4th form in an Armenian secondary school).
• Use the Voice Memo feature to record a student speaking about a topic or role play between two Ss. Then play the recording and see if the Ss can correct their own mistakes. Play back a second time to show them the mistakes they didn't catch( 9th form).
• Ask the Ss to record a passage, listen to it(in pairs) twice and write out what they are able to understand (9th form in an Armenian secondary school).

The example discussed in Stockwell(2013) is the push and pull mechanism, and the examples I have chosen are more like a pull mechanism. I will talk about the "practicing numbers" activity from the above that integrates the Principle 4(to maintain equity) as all mobile devices have calculator function, there is no need for internet connection when doing such activity, Principle 6 as this kind of activity is from their normal practice. As suggested by Principle 1, the activity can be carried out on a small screen with minimal input and it is appropriate for the mobile phones the learners possess(Principle 8). The Principle 7 is integrated as well as the activity can be completed in a short time and it's short enough to be completed with a minimum amount of effort in public places (Principle 2).