Multimedia Language Labs: The case of Edu4 New Tools = New Perspectives
Understand Act Make a change NEW CHALLENGES
Official decision to integrate ICT as a major component in the Tunisian system of education (Eduation Reform & Educ Act 2002) Three dimensions for the 2010 national action plan 1 :Computer literacy for all Tunisian teachers ( INTEL literacy training programme) 2 : Mobile Multimedia Language Labs for language teachers (French+ English: EDU4 & GENESI) ) 3 : Interactive Whiteboard for biology, maths & physics teachers
The use of C in ICT to enhance education… OBJECTIVE: Use ICT to develop competencies Through ICT, we create an interactive language environment expose students directly to languages develop autonomous learning foster all communication skills
Enhance exposure to languages What to do? Glean & select authentic multimedia resources See Teachers of English In Tunisia (TEIT)
Create a database for the resources Put the authentic resources at the disposal of
teachers
students
Free Individual Access to Resources
PODCASTING : subscription / downloading of digital resources (audio/ video)
TRANSFERABLE MATERIALS: offline usage of a local (computer)server containing the resources
OUTSIDE SCHOOL USAGE OF RESOURCES : Students & teachers have free access to resources (they can take home for research / project/ revision…
Producing & using MM resources Oral practice Listening Practice – Audio files, songs (mp3 /wav) Listening Comprehension tests using those files Producing resources (eg. Video, slideshow, story with PPT) Speech Mate
Audacity AUDACITY Software for producing / editing / using audio/ video files
Other useful software for MMLLabs PowerPoint (presentations, slideshows, audiovisual stories…) JClic (interactive exercises) Hot
Potatoes (interactive exercises)
Textoys (fading-out text, scrambled sentences)
Your expectations !!! -Ministry Expectations!! Your Expectations
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Ministry Expectations!!
- Learn by practice - Cascade what you know to your (school) colleagues - Coordinate the use of language lab - Coordinate with trainer if help needed - Work with colleagues - Glean resources for language labs - Share resources - Adapt your teaching to the new environment (MMLLabs) - Use language labs by 3rd term 2010
Our Scheme of Work: A six-week training program per group Group1: Group1 EDU4 / VOCALAB & MULTILAB February 15 22 March
8
April
5
15
29
Group2: Group2 GENESIS & SPEECH MATE April
12
19
26
May
3
10
17