social networking & language learning sep 2008
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Presentation given at the ETA-S SIG day conference, Baden, Switzerland, September 2008TRANSCRIPT
Connect! Communicate! Collaborate!
Social networking for language students and teachers
http://sociallearningspaces.wikispaces.com/
Popular Sites for
Social Networking
http://www.facebook.com/http://www.classmates.com/http://www.orkut.com/http://www.myspace.com/http://www.youtube.com/http://www.twitter.com
Specialist Sites for
Social Networking
http://www.bookcrossing.comhttp://www.kroonos.comhttp://www.teachertube.com/http://del.icio.us.comhttp://www.flickr.comhttp://www.communitywalk.com
Connecting! Communicating Collaborating! ...with other Teachers
Language Teachers &
Social Networking
http://www.webheadsinaction.orghttp://www.englisheducation.ning.comhttp://metamexico.ning.comhttp://teachingenglish.org.uk
This website brings together everything busy teachers need for the classroom and the staffroom:
Lesson plans
Worksheets
Teaching tips
Weblinks
Teaching articles
TeachingEnglishYour Global Home
Trythis collection of resources for the classroom.
A vast storehouse of lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching materials from the British Council, the BBC and other major UK publishers.
Thinkabout the way you teach and the principles which underpin your teaching.
Articles on methodology, teaching ideas and tips, an ELT glossary and much more.
The site is organised into four main areas: Try, Think, Talk, Transform
Talkabout your teaching and the issues that concern you.
Discuss areas of interest, get advice, keep you own blog and link up with groups of teachers around the globe.
Transformyour teaching career.
Access training materials, a range of personal development tools, information on UK ELT courses
and qualifications and get an in-depth look at
specialist teaching areas such as learning
technologies, CLIL and Young Learners.
Your Global Home
The TeachingEnglish – Your Global Home website is a central point of reference for information about English language teaching products and services from the UK.
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
Connecting! Communicating! Collaborating! ...with other Learners
73% of learners of English say they want to learn using a computer
69% say socialising is a main motivation in their learning and that they want to have fun
92% think it's important to develop their problem-solving skills
(British Council global research conducted by IPSOS MORI in 2007. The results were gathered from 4000 learners around the world)
Learning English &Social Networking
Language Learners &
Social Networking
http://www.ning.comhttp://bcmadridylning.comhttp://ritamz.ning.comhttp://maryglasgowmagazines.comhttp://www.wiziq.comhttp://secondlife4teens.pbwiki.com
The Future of social networking...now!
http://www.youtube.com/user/britishcouncil4teens
Connect! Communicate! Collaborate! Social networking for language students and teachers
http://sociallearningspaces.wikispaces.com/