SpeakApps celebration of the EDL'12 at RUG
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This document provides an agenda and information about the European Day of Languages event hosted by SpeakApps. The event will include a welcome, keynote speech on language learning, coffee break, demonstration of SpeakApps tools, and discussion of future plans. SpeakApps is an EU-funded project that developed online tools for oral language practice including blogs, video chats, and tandem exchanges. The tools are designed based on theories of task-based and communicative language learning and have been piloted at several universities with positive results. The event aims to showcase these tools and discuss their role in supporting lifelong language learning.
SpeakApps celebration of the EDL'12 at RUG
- 1. European Day of Languages Introduction to SpeakApps www.speakapps.org
- 2. 15.15-15.30 Welcome by Sake Jager 15.30-16.30 David Singleton (Trinity College Dublin) ‘Life rather than age’ Interact through #speakappsEDL 16.30-16.50 Coffee break 16.50-17.45 Demonstration of the tools 17.45-18.00 SpeakApps after 2012 www.speakapps.org
- 3. About SpeakApps • Life Long Learning Project, 2011-2012 • Partners: • Universitat Oberta de Catalunya • Rijksuniversiteit Groningen • University of Jyväskylä • Jagiellonian University Krakow • Dublin City University • Development of tools and tasks for oral production and spoken interaction • Open Educational Resources
- 4. Relevance for language teaching and learning • Plurilingualism key objective in Europe • Strong demand for languages overall • Dwindling numbers of language students in traditional institutions • Institutions are facing the challenge of “reinventing themselves” • New methods of teaching and learning are needed • Internet technologies as facilitating tools • SpeakApps tools: • Used with large numbers of students in UOC • Provide a way of offering students more and enhanced practice outside the classroom • Based on task-based, communicative approaches to language learning • Compatible with language learning based on CEFR
- 5. David Singleton, professor of Applied Linguistics (Trinity College Dublin) Video lecture: ‘Life rather than age’ Interact through #speakappsEDL 5
- 7. Why this project? Speaking is considered the most difficult skill when learning a second or foreign language •Especially grammar, vocabulary and fluency are difficult •The learner tries to compensate these problems by using synonyms and general knowledge, guessing and by asking for clarification •Language learners learn to speak by • Talking to other learners or preferably native speakers • Listening to the radio, podcasts et cetera • And by watching films / TV with subtitles in the target language SpeakApps wants the learner to help practicing and improving their oral skills online
- 8. 3 online tools Oral production: LANGblog - asynchronous communication - multimediablog with audio en video Oral interaction: Tandem & Videochat - synchronous communication - ‘regulated’ and ‘self-regulated / autonomous’ - ‘open’ tasks 8
- 9. Oral production LANGblog Blog in wordpress Various tasks Comment with text, audio, video Through the website or from the computer Practice Spontaneous speech Not too long Give students a reason to listen to each other Feedback 9
- 10. Oral interaction Tandem Autonomous in pairs With Skype, Adobe Connect, Elluminate and Videochat A cms with an interface for the teacher and student Different tasks like: •Spot the difference •Describe images / objects / direction •Ranking •Guessing •Role-play 10
- 11. Oral interaction Videochat •1-6 participants •Integrated record and archive •Written chat •Mute and solo •Link to Tandem 11
- 12. Demonstration 12
- 13. Results from pilots 2011-2012 Groningen 13
- 14. Pilots 2011-2012 Rijksuniversiteit Groningen •Approximately 120 students •3 tasks in LANGblog •1 / 2 tasks with Videochat •Related to CEFR / course material 14
- 15. Results Pilots 2011-2012 SpeakApps is… Accessible and user-friendly ‘Active’ students improve their speaking skills significantly Tasks with feedback are appreciated the most Feedback from the teacher is preferred the most Students appreciate the link between CEFR (http://erknederlands.org) and own recording in Langblog! More video than audio Rather tasks that are related to the course material Teacher-regulated is preferred Practicing takes time 15
- 16. Teacher training Online SpeakApps docententraining Module 1 teaching / learning online Module 2 oral production Module 3 oral interaction Module 4 pedagogical design 4 weeks (February 2012 online) 3 weeks (June-July 2012 Groningen) 4 weeks (October 2012 online Nt2 / NVT) 16
- 17. 5. Online community: delen en downloaden - community voor taalleerders en taaldocenten - kennis delen - materiaal downloaden - materiaal online gebruiken - in Mahara - laatste fase (september – december 2012) 17
- 18. On 31 December 2012 SpeakApps: •Online platform with online ICT-applications and pedagogical framework •Where language learners can practice their oral skills •For language teachers and learners Plugins for own LMS or access to portal OUC
- 19. Demonstration 19
- 20. Try it yourself in Groningen Demo at http://moodle.speakapps.org Enrolment key: gdemo269 20
- 21. Projecte Nr 2010-4210 / 511552-LLP-1-2010-1-ES-KA2-KA2MP-SPKApps