esl/ efl and second life

POSSIBLE USES OF SECOND LIFE IN ESL/ EFL

POSSIBLE MODALITIES

Occasional ( e g conversation club)

Blended course( some part on-site/ some—in Second Life)

Purely Second Life

CONVERSATION LESSONS

DISCUSSION GROUPS

DRAMA / THEATRE

2. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

( e.g visiting cyber London)

OR NEW YORK CITY!

ROLE PLAYING: SHOPPING PRACTICING FUNCTION

ROLE PLAYING:SOCIAL LANGUAGE( SMALL TALK)..

ROLE PLAYING: TRANSPORT

ROLE PLAYING: SEEING A DOCTOR

ROLE PLAYING: ASKING DIRECTIONS..

PRACTICING PUBLIC SPEAKING

ENGLISH FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES: E.G BUSINESS ENGLISH

Business simulations Negotiations..

ESP: ENGLISH FOR DOCTORS

ENGLISH ACROSS CURRICULUM

E.g History ..

E.G BIOLOGY

E.G NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

E.GCHEMISTRY( EG VISUALISATION)

QUESTS

MORE EXAMPLES OF SL QUESTS ..

LOTS OF OTHER POSSIBILITIES…

Comment: this presentation mainly covered the opportunities of Second Life to re- create the Real World in order to practice the target language( functions) .

However, there are a lot of unique Second Life affordances that could also be included in ESL/EFL classroom.

SOME EXAMPLES:

Creating and presenting imaginary world

This could be used to practice such aspects of grammar as conditionals

Creating new avatars and describing their personalities and appearances..

A lot of possibilities for self-expression of students

..and many many more!