Project by Paulo Frias, Ricardo Cruz and Ricardo Fernandes - Portuguese as a second language through virtual worlds.
Presented at CICE - Canada International Conference on Education - http://www.ciceducation.org/Ciceducation/CICE-2010/
2. Communication Sciences University of Porto Portugal Second Language Teaching in Virtual Worlds: The Case of European College Students under the Erasmus Programme Paulo Frias, Ricardo Cruz, Ricardo Fernandes
3. What are virtual worlds (VWs)? What is Second Life (SL)? Why should we use them in our teaching practice?
30. Objectives • Understand communicational processes in Second Life, in a context of second language learning
31. Hypothesis • • Students can learn a foreign language in a VW • Students can overcome cultural limitations and expectations usual in traditional classrooms
32. Methodology • • Students can overcome cultural limitations and expectations usual in traditional classrooms • Focus group: sustainability of the project • Lessons: computer-mediated communication
46. Advantages • • Students can overcome cultural limitations and expectations usual in traditional classrooms • E-learning in VWs reduces costs • Stimulates the diversification of courses offered
47. Advantages • • Students can overcome cultural limitations and expectations usual in traditional classrooms • Formation outside the traditional classroom context • No rules: space, class attendance, time and rhythm
53. Expected Results • • Students can overcome cultural limitations and expectations usual in traditional classrooms • Superior levels of interactions and assimilation • Engagement: reciprocity and cooperation • Active learning