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Using Social Media for Language Learning

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What is social media?

A.A place full of egotistical selfie takers with too much time and 4G

data on their hands?

B.A place where bad things happen - sexting on Snapchat,

cyberbullying on Facebook, and political movements in the wrong

direction on Twitter?

C.A place to connect with friends, family, and like-minded people to

share positive thought provoking things to better the world?


All of them!And then some...


2007 - my language curiosity peakSocial Media in 2007:

MySpace - 4 years old (for the cool kids)

Facebook - 3 years old (for university students)

Twitter - 1 year old (for business + Stephen Fry)


2016

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WHY SOCIAL MEDIA FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING?


Why social media for language learning?● Languages are living

● Books are great, even online resources are great, but nothing is

more current than the language you can learn via social media

● Around 6,000 tweets per SECOND(!) = endless supply of FREE

language learning material (www.internetlivestats.com/one-second/ )

● Text, image, video = variety of content

● Are we learning to speak with Molière or Molly the pretty French girl

from next door?


Bringing in language learning


Key Elements of Language Learning

Skills

reading

listening

writing

speaking

vocabulary

grammar

pronunciation


Key Factors of Language Learning

accountability

connection

documenting

progress


Accountability

Goal setting

Challenges

Going public


Documenting

Regular recording

Regular review

Keeping track of resources


Connection

With native speakers

With tutors

With other learners


Progress

Making mistakes

Getting better at the language

Getting better at the process


Putting them together


Accountability: Goal Setting


Accountability: Challenges


Accountability: Going Public


Documenting: Regular Recording

http://youtube.com/v/kyKGivYcgQQ


Documenting: Regular Review

http://youtube.com/v/tikpNPBWEbM


Documenting: Keeping Track of Resources


Connection: With Native Speakers


Connection: With Tutors###!#spanishteach: Spanish teachers

#spanishteachers: Spanish teachers

#authres: Authentic Resources (authentic FL teaching resources)

#flteach: Foreign Language teaching

#mfltwitterati: Modern Foreign Language

#latinteach: Latin teaching

#profesele: Profesores ELE (español como lengua extranjera)

#twitterele: Español como lengua extranjera (enseñanza)

#fle: Français comme langue étrangère

#mfl: modern foreign languages

#engchat: English chat

Teaching

#langchat: FL Language Chat

#twitterele: Español como lengua extranjera (enseñanza)

#fle: Français comme langue étrangère

#mfl: modern foreign languages

#engchat: English chat

#languages: general language chat

#polyglot: good for interest in multiple languages

Learning

http://networkforlanguageslondon.org.uk/blog/have-you-heard-of-the-mfl-twitterati/

http://danivaro.com/2013/01/20/twitterele-la-historia-de-un-hashtag/

http://languageteacherscollaborate.pbworks.com/w/page/34831560/LangChat%20on%20Twitter




Connection: With Other Learners


Progress: Making Mistakes

http://youtube.com/v/VFsHKtm7jxY


Progress: Getting Better at the Language

http://youtube.com/v/ZIko9dZpCrA


Progress: Getting Better at the Process

http://youtube.com/v/Bs68_YqX4ps


Key Elements of Language Learning

Skills

reading

listening

writing

speaking

vocabulary

grammar

pronunciation


Key Factors of Language Learning

accountability

connection

documenting

progress


Remember:You don’t have to do it all!


Further video training + planner:lindsaydoeslanguages.com/sociallanglearner

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