"I speak English, so I don't have to learn a foreign language...." right? According to the CIA World Fact Book, only 5.6 % of the world's total population speaks English as a primary language.

1. Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
Learning
Languages
Through Digital
Medias
Marcus Vinicius Marques Pessoa
2009 1

2. A new descovery
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
• Why Study Language?
• What means digital media?
• How do you do?
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3. A new descovery
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
• "I speak English, so I don't have to learn a
foreign language...."
• Right?
According to the CIA World Fact Book, only 5.6 % of
the world's total population speaks English as a
primary language.
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4. Why Study Language?
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
1. To increase global
understanding
2. To improve
employment
potential
3. To increase native
language ability
4. To sharpen cognitive
and life skills
5. To make travel more
feasible and
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enjoyable

5. What Will Globalization Do to
Languages?
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
• Pizza • Play off • Drive-in • Fast-food
• Pic-nic • Software • Show • Internet
• Choffeur • Marketing • Slogan • Joystick
• Abajour • Site • Office-boy, • Modem
• Bureau • Brother • Drink • Mouse
• Guichê • Marketing • Play-ground • Outdoor
• Coffe-break • Fashion • Free-lancer • Self-service
• Jobinsight • Catch-chup • Overdose • Vídeo-game
• Toillet • Gay • Shopping • Hot-dog
• Happy hour • Hamburger center • Wireless
• Soutien • Short
• Lingerie • Feed back
• VIP • E-mail
learning one language doesn't cause you to forget another

6. What means digital
media?
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
Digital media (as opposed to analog media) are
usually electronic media that work on digital codes.
•Cellphones
•Compact disc
•Digital video
•Digital television
•E-book
•Internet
•Minidisc
•Video game
•Game systems
•and many
interactive media 6

7. Acessories
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
Microphone (mic) Speaker
Headset 7

8. Sites
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
•www.englishtown.com
•www.livemocha.com
•www.sharedtalk.com
•www.learning-languages-online.info/ 8
•www.learnenglish.de/

9. Softwares
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
•Talk to me kids
•Rosetta Stone
•Euro Idioms
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10. Networks
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
www.orkut.com
www.facebook.com
www.linkedin.com
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11. Games
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
Games offers you a lot of expressions, and tips
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12. Others
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
1. Movies
2. Musics
3. Digital Books
4. Messengers (skype, msn,yahoo,gtalk...)
5. Blogs
6. Radio
7. Soap oprah
8. Etc,
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13. THANK YOU
Learning Languages Through Digital Medias
“Some time ago I used to leave things to tomorrow,
until I decided to do things today. So nowadays I have
harvested what I’ve planted”
Marcus Pessoa
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American Latin memorial at São Paulo - Brazil.