Virtual Bilingual discusses language learning opportunities in the online virtual world Second Life. It provides details on what Second Life is, user demographics, and means of communication. It then describes various educational and academic activities that can take place in Second Life, including attending conferences and lectures, watching videos, reading newspapers, and participating in discussion groups. Finally, it discusses potential issues and benefits of language teaching and learning in Second Life.

1. Virtual Bilingual: Language Learning in Second Life Learning Opportunities in Second Life Serpil S. Sonmez [email_address]

4. -Buildings, clothes, objects, almost anything you can think of: User-created world - (IP rights retained for what you’ve created)

5. - All users must be over 18 - Average age 33 -43%female -Active users 55% non US residents

10. 1 st Lx Teaching in SL Conference, 23 June 2007 http://elanguage.edublogs.org/files/2007/07/edunationconf2_aufmotzena2.jpg

11. Listen/watch Podcasts/Vodcasts Resource: http://www.henryjenkins.org/convergence_culture/participation/ The first conference in a virtual world: Best Practices in Education May, 25, 2007

12. Watch live TV Resource:http:// www.masternewmedia.org

13. Read Newspapers

14. Make Presentations

15. Attend Lectures

16. Participate Discussion/Reading Groups

17. Socialize Resource:unknown

18. Visit museums

19. Arts in SL Resource:http://www.flickr.com/photos/11525684@N05/1149389818/

20. Discussion: Where’s the line between RL&SL? http://blogs.sun.com/SunScience/?page=1

22. Florida State University in SL

23. Florida State University

25. English Village

26. ESL- Class

27. SLOODLE

28. Education Groups

29. Multilingual Communities

30. Cultural Experience Resource:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1301/1315797558_e9dfe8d980.jpg

31. An English dictation class in SL

32. Composition Class

33. Language Class in Session

37. Any Questions? Serpil S. Sonmez Ph.D Candidate Multilingual-Multicultural Education Program Florida State University [email_address]