SLanguages 2009 will take place on 8 & 9 May. I will be giving a presentation about the Dogme ELT movement and how its approach to language teaching has a lot to offer language educators using virtual worlds. Here is the abstract…
Title: Dogme ELT as a Pedagogy for Language Education in Virtual Worlds
Presenter [avatar name]: Howard Vickers [ Howie Yokishawa ]
The Dogme ELT movement promotes the use of real life materials in the language classroom as a basis for stimulating communication to promote opportunities for language learning. And as such Dogme ELT questions the use of conventional textbooks. Language coursebooks have anyhow yet to appear in virtual worlds such as Second Life, so how can language educators draw on this methodology for their in-world teaching?
- What is Dogme ELT and where is it of most relevance for language education in virtual worlds?
- Examples of virtual world based activities that draw on the Dogme ELT principles.
- How can virtual world activities be integrated into online or offline classes?
The presentation will draw on recent blog articles (below) although it will focus on virtual worlds rather than web 2.0 in general.
Time: 18.30 – 19.30 (Second Life time = PDT)
Date: Friday 8 May 2009
Location: EduNation III Seminar Space in Second Life.
Hope to see you there!
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