ways of language learning and innovative means of exchange By Kent Andersen, pools webmaster, www.languages.dk ways of language learning and innovative means of exchange
Advantages Just in time teaching Real communication in wikis and eTandem learning Help available at your fingertips Access to authentic materials also in the LWUTL
Current trends in Computer Assisted Language Learning CLIL and blended learning Games (e.g. World of Warcraft) http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml Second life and virtual worlds Multidict and Wordlink http://www.multidict.net Mobile Learning Web2 based real communication (facebook, youtube etc.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKMvPAYhvLI Task based learning http://www.languages.dk/methods/Materials/FromUsers/Caoimhín_Ó_Dónaill_Eurocall_2009.ppt
Tools for CLIL Wordlink and Multidict www.multidict.net: An example of a Wordlinked page: http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/wordlink/?sid=36319&url=www.bbc.co.uk&sl=en TextBlender example: http://www.languages.dk/el/ihc/ihc1.htm TextBlender Tool: http://www.languages.dk/tools/index.htm
Sharing and innovative means of exchange. Some links: POOLS: www.languages.dk WebHeads: http://webheads.info/ Languagebox: http://languagebox.eprints.org