Mobile navigator for learning foreign languages

Abstract

As much as mobile technology is enhanced and, more particularly, as much as the speed in which smart mobile devices introduced into the people's everyday lives, increases the possibilities of the usage of this technology in distance learning. New applications should definitely keep a thin balance among these technological possibilities, the widely used distance learning platforms and the pedagogical subsistence of the educational procedure. Furthermore, they must (i) support the position and make teacher's work easier, as a leader of the educational process, (ii) take into account the knowledge and creativity of the students, (iii) make a better adaptation of the educational material to the needs, goals, special interests etc. of the students. In this work, an innovative application of mobile technology in learning a foreign language - at this case Russian verbs of motion by Greek students - is presented.