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“Language learning and social media: 6 key dialogues ”(LS6) is proud to announce the release of the special issue “Social media and language learning: (r)evolution?/ Médias sociaux et apprentissage des langues : (r)évolution ?”
As the rise of social media use in language learning and its impact become significant, the Alsic (Apprentissage des Langues et Systèmes d’Information et de Communication) special issue (Vol. 15, n°1) examines an underlying question “social media and language learning: (r)evolution?”
Through the selected papers, this special issue explores which elements of the social-technical landscape of social media in language education bring something new, and which of them represent an evolution in terms of language education.
The list of full text is as below:
- Editoriral (Françoise Demaizière and Katerina Zourou) can be found here
- Introduction,"On the attractiveness of social media for language learning: a look at the state of the art " (Katerina Zourou) is here
- "Les usages linguistiques des adolescents québécois sur les médias sociaux"(Monique Lebrun and Nathalie Lacelle) is here
- "Approche interactionnelle et didactique invisible – Deux concepts pour la conception et la mise en œuvre de tâches sur le web social" (Christian Ollivier) is here
- "Facebook-ing and the Social Generation: A New Era of Language Learning"(Geraldine Blattner and Lara Lomicka) is here
- "Language Learners' "Willingness to Communicate" through Livemocha.com "(Elwyn Lloyd) is here
- "Online gaming as sociable media "(Steven L. Thorne and Ingrid Fischer) is here
In addition, this special issue underlines the need to approach web 2.0 supported language education not as a “generalized” concept, but by looking more closely at context-specific, tool-related studies that emphasize the learning paradigms that underlie the use of the tool at hand.
Read this special issue online, click here. Enjoy!!!
Recent years represent a major turning point for language learning. With a great influence of Web 2.0 tools and a tremendous development of mobile devices, language learning is not confined within formal learning settings. This competition aims to highlight how a language learner in the Web 2.0 era uses social media for language learning in daily life outside formal learning contexts.
Language learning and social media - 6 key dialogues (LS6) team is pleased to inform you about uploaded interviews on LS6 Vimeo channel. More than 15 interviews can already be watched on the channel.
The website of the competition Social Media in Informal Language Learning and Use is set up for further information about the competition, the panel of jury and useful links.
To learn more about this competition, go to the official web page on http://ls6videocompetition.elearningeuropa.info/
To watch the competition videos, please go to our Vimeo channel and vote "Like" to support your favorite interview.
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Debates
Based on an overarching question of " How language teacher training should be in the 21st century",
we are pleased to announce a upcoming webinar session on Wednesday 30th November 2011,
organised by ENS de Lyon-Ifé.
The poster is here
Date :
Wednesday November 30th, 2011 time 14:00-15:00 Central European Time(GMT+1)
Place:
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS-Lyon) and Broadcast Live via Elluminate
As screens play a growing part in our daily communication, as meeting possilbities have increased with social networks, how shall we prompt and train our teachers to take advantage of the potential of these tools and appliations in their language classrooms and beyond? Some of questions will be discussed throughout the webinar session.
Training for new teachers:
- How shall we connect this new type of training to the more traditional skills which are also still required and relevant?
- How much information and communication technology (ICT) should be an integral part of language teachers’ training and what are our pedagogical aims?
Continuing education for current teachers (“in-service” training):
- How can we create a love for the integration of technology?
- What are the new skills teachers need to learn to feel comfortable about technology choices for language learning and teaching?
- Can continuing education induce changes in practice?
- Are training courses that focus solely on the technological aspect of tools and applications useful?
An interactive debate with four leading researchers in the field of language teacher training will address insightful answers to these questions drawn by their own specific professional experiences.
The invited speakers:
Christine Develotte, ENS de Lyon-Ifé , France
Mirjam Hauck, Open University, UK
Melinda Dooly, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ,Spain
Join us for the special live debate(Videostreaming webinar)
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