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PRESENTATION NAME
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12/09/09ALL Project
Catering to less widely used languages with blended learning
EuroCALL - Ganda 2009Pedro Cardeosa, Aisling O'Donovan, Joachim
QuandtCentro Navarro de Autoaprendizaje de Idiomas
To encourage innovation in the development of language learning and teaching tools
Objectives
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To extend and enhance tools and methodologies for the for less widely used less taught (LWULT) languages in Europe
Objectives
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Objectives
To provide blended-learning language courses for LWULT as online
courses with an offline element.
To transfer methodology about blended learning courses to Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Romanian and Turkish teachers.
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Project map
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CNAI - Centro Navarro de Autoaprendizaje de Idiomas
Znanie Association - Sofia, Bulgaria
ukurova University. Adana,Turkey
EuroEd Foundation, Iasi, Romania
Kindersite Project Ltd. UK
School of Lifelong Education and International Development. Institute of Education. University of London, UK
Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Mykolo Romerio Universitetas
Partner Institutions
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9-12 million speakers
Indo-European, Slavic family
Cyrillic alphabet
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Limba romn
28 million speakers
Indo.European, Romance family
Adapted Roman alphabet
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Lietuvi kalba
3 million speakers
Indo European, Baltic family
Adapted Roman alphabet
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Trke
63 million speakers
Uralic-Altaic
Adapted Roman alphabet
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The project teams are all people with a passion for the learning and teaching of languages.
Projects like ALL are not just professional commitments, they are deeply personal ones.
Joint KickOff Meeting of the ALL and TOOL ProjectsPartner Institutions
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Diverse languages and learning contexts
InflectionsCasesGendersLexisSyntaxAlphabetsPhonetics
Challenge
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Diverse teaching philosophies and backgrounds.
Grammar translation, functional notional, Berlitz method, task based learning, teacher-centered learning.
Need to unify the terms and definitions in which language learning objectives would be stated across the project in the language syllabi.Challenge
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Duration: 30 weeks. Total 120 hours
50% online (15 Units) 50% in class
Blended Learning
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Blended Learning
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Need to guide the learners through the blended learning field, to help them negotiate the different materials available on the courses
Blended Learning
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Orientation unitsMultilingual video tutorials using Web 2.0 technology.
Blended Learning
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Transparent Objectives
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Transparent learning objectives in each activity and in every unit
Transparent Objectives
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Student's desktop of the ALL virtual learning environment
Virtual folderAccess to the online learning materialsCommunication toolsCourse organization
Virtual Learning Environment
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Online Courses:
Orientation UnitThree Modules
15 Units
Online Learning Materials
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Multilingual support texts in
EnglishFrenchSpanishItalian
Multilingual Approach
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Multilingual support texts in
EnglishFrenchSpanishItalian
Multilingual Approach
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RSS-Feed
Integrate learning materials in other websites
RSS - Feeds
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Automatic generation of Podcast-Feeds for each unit containing audio files for mobile learning
Mobile Learning - Podcasting
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In some languages a need to develop learning materials from
scratch.
Need to train editors in the use of online authoring tools, new
software, use cameras, to upload images, sound files, video files,
use free licenses
Challenge
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Online exercises with self-correction and instant feedback
Online Materials
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Content with strong cultural component
Culture
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Need to exploit the collaborative and communicative possibilities of technology, when neither communicative teaching nor the use of the technology was automatic to the target course users (teachers and students).
Collaborative Learning
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Online Correction with pre-defined error categories for each language
Innovative Tools
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1st pilotaimed at editors and course writersareas for improvement in design of activities2nd pilotaimed at teachers and students trying out the material focused principally on one online module.3rd pilotFull pilot of the blended learning course comment on the effectiveness of blended learning.
Evaluation
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Integrated Evaluation at the end of each unit.
Two short questions:What did you like most?What did you like least?
Evaluation
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Direct Feedback for course editors
Integrated in the course editing tool on the virtual learning
environment
Evaluation
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Learners guide and the other learning tools were very useful.
The course helped them set their own short and long-term learning objectives.
It helped them to find the most suitable learning strategies and methods for their own needs.
They all found studying independently and being able to give their own decisions during the learning process and evaluating their own progress to be highly effective.
The participants found the course especially effective in improving receptive skills (reading and listening) and their writing.
For their overall progress, all participants stated that the course contributed to their learning.
What the learners say
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When there are two or only one student taking the course, there is almost no way to use the online learner to learner communication, which is a loss
A teacher should be technically minded or at least technique friendly
A teacher should have a PC at home, most of the time students do their homework at home
More interactive exercises for speaking skill
Please improve the peer-to-peer interaction tools. That would be very useful
Improvements
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project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publicationreflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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