{"id":1102,"date":"2010-09-16T09:29:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T13:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2012-09-27T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T14:37:30","slug":"learning-british-english-for-the-cost-of-a-cup-of-bangladesh-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/meducation-initiatives\/learning-british-english-for-the-cost-of-a-cup-of-bangladesh-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning British English – for the cost of a cup of Bangladesh tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One interesting use of mobile phones in education in developing countries can be found in Bangladesh, where the BBC World Service Trust and BBC Learning English are implementing the Janala project<\/a>, an initiative that is providing English language lessons to citizens via their mobile phones as part of the wider English in Action program in Bangladesh, funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (UKaid).<\/p>\n

Some of people involved with the Janala project recently shared some information about what they have been doing — and learning — as part of a discussion series at USAID around ‘mobile education’ topics<\/a> (the other project presented in the latest session was the MILLEE project, which has been profiled on this blog <\/a>before). I was fortunate enough to be be able to sit in on the presentation, at the kind invitation of USAID educational technology team, and thought I’d share some brief highlights:<\/p>\n