Flipping the ESL classroom has many potential benefits: - Allow learners to learn at their own pace and in their own preferred style - Expose learners to a diverse range of authentic materials - Increase learner's motivation - Leverage technology in assessment - Foster learner's autonomy - Save time and lessen workload for teachers during the face-to-face class However, challenges remain: - Contents production for e-learning portion requires teacher's time and skills - E-learning portion must be made engaging - E-learning environment rarely replicates the peer-to-peer and student-to-teacher interaction found in traditional classrooms. The author has created ESL contents on the mobile micro-learning platform Gnowbe and found it very suitable for the flipped ESL classroom mode. The key advantages offered by Gnowbe: - A mobile-friendly contents delivery and creation platform - Built upon sound psychological and pedagogical principles - Very friendly to contents creators. Creators can create and edit contents on his/her smartphone in seconds. - All forms of multimedia contents are accommodated, typically delivered in bite-size to reduce cognitive load - Learners and teachers are connected through virtual group communications tool - Assessment tools are available Coupled with suitable bite-size contents (which the Author will demonstrate), Gnowbe can be a great companion for the ESL teacher who wants to leverage the benefits of a flipped classroom.

Link to the actual product sample: https://gnow.be/cq73p657y9c5vyz5