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Yoza: english teacher resource

Module by: Bridget Nash. E-mail the author

Summary: Free, short cell phone stories (mobile novels / m-novels) Using mobile phones as a way for teens to read and write Access the stories on your cellphone or via the website Read them, leave comments and enter the writing competitions to win airtime Each story is a series: a new chapter is published every day Come back each day to read the next chapter

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http://www.yoza.mobi/

  • Free, short cell phone stories (mobile novels / m-novels)
  • Using mobile phones as a way for teens to read and write
  • Access the stories on your cellphone or via the website
  • Read them, leave comments and enter the writing competitions to win airtime
  • Each story is a series: a new chapter is published every day
  • Come back each day to read the next chapter
  • Yoza is part of the m4Lit-- mobiles for literacy – seeded by the Shuttleworth Foundation

How to access Yoza

  • To read Yoza stories go to: www.yoza.mobi OR
  • Mxit > Tradepost > Mxit Cares > mobiBooks > Yoza
  • Follow them on Facebook – search for “Yoza Cellphone Stories”
  • Login: you can create a user account which enables you to browse by genre, as well as comment on stories and vote
  • Cost: about 8c a chapter, or about R1.50 a story

Cellphone stories available

  • Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “view all stories” for the full list of available stories OR
  • Click on “Yoza Classics” also at the bottom of the page, to view the list of classics from Shakespeare

Interface interaction

  • Readers are able to leave comments after each chapter of the books, which promotes reader interaction with the text and other readers

Writing your own stories for Yoza

  • At the bottom of the page, click on the link “Calling all writers”
  • It explains how you can submit your own stories to be published on the site
  • The copyright is Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license
  • By reading the Yoza manifesto it explains the kinds of stories they publish and how to write for them

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