SLanguages 2009 will take place on 8 & 9 May. I will be giving a presentation together with Pierre Moussy, a student at Avatar Languages. Pierre will be presenting his experiences with practicing his English in Second Life, whereas I will focus on how language educators can best guide language learners with using virtual worlds to practice their languages. Here is the abstract…
Title: Second Life as a Social Learning Environment
Presenters [avatar names]: Howard Vickers & Pierre Moussy [ Howie Yoshikawa & Mieszko Beck ]
Second Life offers language learners a place for meeting others to practice a foreign language. This two-part presentation hears from a language learner about his experiences in Second Life and from a language educator about the lessons learned for encouraging conversation practice in virtual worlds.
- What are the advantages of using Second Life for conversation practice?
- What are the experiences of language learners? What are their motivations?
- Where do they see limitations to this approach? What are the differences between the in-world voice system and text chatting?
- What can we learn from learners about how best to promote fluency through conversation practice in Second Life?
Time: 05.00 – 06.00 (Second Life time = PDT)
Date: Saturday 9 May 2009
Location: EduNation III Amphitheatre in Second Life.
Hope to see you there!
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