POSSIBLE USES OF SECOND LIFE IN
ESL/ EFL

POSSIBLE MODALITIES
Occasional ( e g conversation club)

Blended course( some part on-site/ some—in

Second Life)
Purely Second Life
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CONVERSATION LESSONS

DISCUSSION GROUPS

DRAMA / THEATRE

2. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
( e.g visiting cyber London)


OR NEW YORK CITY!

ROLE PLAYING: SHOPPING
PRACTICING FUNCTION

ROLE PLAYING:
SOCIAL LANGUAGE( SMALL TALK)..

ROLE PLAYING: TRANSPORT

ROLE PLAYING: SEEING A DOCTOR

ROLE PLAYING: ASKING DIRECTIONS..

PRACTICING PUBLIC SPEAKING

ENGLISH FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES:
E.G BUSINESS ENGLISH
Business simulations

 Negotiations..

ESP: ENGLISH FOR DOCTORS

ENGLISH ACROSS CURRICULUM
E.g History ..


BIOLOGY
E.G

E.G
NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

E.G
CHEMISTRY( EG VISUALISATION)

QUESTS

MORE EXAMPLES OF SL QUESTS ..

LOTS OF OTHER POSSIBILITIES…
Comment:
this presentation mainly covered the opportunities of Second Life
to re- create the Real World in order to practice the target
language( functions) .
However, there are a lot of unique Second Life affordances that
could also be included in ESL/EFL classroom.

SOME EXAMPLES:
Creating and presenting imaginary world

 This could be used to practice such aspects of
grammar as conditionals
Creating new avatars and describing their

personalities and appearances..
A lot of possibilities for self-expression of students
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 ..and many many more!