10 french moodle platform
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Nathalie Iseli-Chan
HKU - School of Modern Languages and Culture
French Program
CITERS, June 30th 2011, The University of Hong Kong
motivation
exposure
commitment
To motivate?
To intensify exposure?
To enhance independence?
To engage students?
Centralize information
Enhance multilateral communication
Provide resources to support learning
Increase exposure to the target language and culture
Build a learning community
Develop students’ sense of autonomy
An environment without strangers
Using forums to enhance multilateral communication Tool Initiator / recipient Use and objectives Specificities
Teachers’ forum Teachers => students To dispatch information to all students
Everyone is subscribed.
A copy of posts is automatically sent in
subscribers’ portal email
Students’ forumStudents => teachersStudents => studentsTeachers => students
To ask questions to everyone: on the
platform, their level, their sub-group
Forums with specific objectives
Students => students Discuss and interact about a given topic.
Teacher is a witness only
Enhance communication
Class Forum for FREN2002-CLevel Forum for FREN1002
Centralize information
Material related to the language course
- Audio files- sample answers
Material to review, practice and deepen knowledge
- Grammar, vocabulary and listening (glossaries)- reading with audio files (folders)
BLOG (FREN1002)
- writing practice with emphasis on language analysis and self correction - www.Blogspot.com => students post the link in the class forum
- guidelines, topics and deadlines are on line
-3 entries / term :2 weeks per entry + 1 week for correction
-feedbacks on mistakes => in-class - summary of feedbacks + relatedrevision notes => sub-class forum
-Analysis and correction (peer activity)
Online asynchronous discussion (FREN2002)
- Small groups of 3 to 4 studentsHKU students + BU French class -2 discussions, 6 weeks for each,
=> 1 short essay + 3 interactions per discussion
- Common topic, guidelines and schedule
- reflect and interact-Weekly in-class feedbacks- no possibility of online correction once contribution is posted- assessed on :
- Language quality- Articulation of argumentation
Organization: clear and user friendly
Organization: clear and user friendly
Display theme is changed every 3 weeks
Extra practice materialOnline activitiesForums to ease communicationCentralized program and course informationDisplay theme and related items
Page layoutSlow pace of uploading pages
Q / A
Thank you for you attention
Nathalie Iseli-ChanHKU - School of Modern Languages and Culture / French Program
Contact : [email protected]