1. Language teaching/learning
using task-based 2.0 tools
nd
2 part
Gorka J. Palazio
University of the Basque Country
TISLID'10
Madrid
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2. Before the implementation of the
tasks, it is very important to tell your
students that MISTAKES are the key
to improve language learning
It is not possible to learn a
language without mistakes
George W. Bush said: “Taking
tests are hard”
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3. Web 2.0 apps
Google Docs
Blogger
Flickr
YouTube
Twitter
Wordpress
Qik...
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Web services
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4. Tools and tasks
1. Vuvox (multimedia)
2. Voxopop (audio)
3. YouTube (express yourself) video
4. Flash cards (Tiny Classroom and Google Docs)
5. TiddlyWiki (wikiblog, data container)
6. Listen-and-write.com (dictation)
7. English Tube (video)
8. Wallwisher (notice-board)
9. Voicethread (audio-video)
10. Encyclomedia – Videopedia Archive
11. Dotsub (translation)
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5. 1. Vuvox
Slideshows, photo, music and video sharing...
Create multimedia panoramic slideshows.
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6. VUVOX allows you to create
interactive slideshows and
presentations of photos,
video and music from Flickr,
Picasa Web Albums, YouTube,
Facebook or your PC. You can
share them with your friends,
and embed them on your blog
or website.
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7. How can teachers use Vuvox
for language learning?
Think about a possible task in
just three minutes
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8. Vuvox
Task: the teacher divides the class
into teams of three. They have to
create a presentation with photos,
text and two videos. The subject of
the presentation is their favorite three
holiday spots (one per person).
Before doing it, the teacher shows
students what kind of app is Vuvox.
After finishing the task, students have
to correct their colleagues' mistakes
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9. 2. Voxopop
Start a talkgroup on Voxopop! Use your real voice to
share and discuss your interests and passions with
people from around the world
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10. How can teachers use
Voxopop for language
learning?
Think about a possible task in
just three minutes
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11. Voxopop
Task: the teacher tells students how to use
Voxopop, and after that, students have to
answer who the most influential person in
their lives is. Pupils have to record their
voice directly via Voxopop. After finishing
the task, the teacher corrects one by one
all the mistakes that appear in the
recordings.
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12. Voxopop
An excellent example, by user mbuckhoff
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13. 3. YouTube
Join the largest worldwide video-sharing
community! Express yourself!
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14. How can teachers use
YouTube for language
learning?
Think about a possible task in
just three minutes
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15. YouTube
Task: the teacher shows students how to record
directly from YouTube with a webcam, and after
that students have to introduce themselves and
record it on YouTube. After finishing the task,
students can watch the video clips recorded by
all of them, and they have to correct them. One
video clip at a time. Finally, teachers have to
comment on the quality of the introductions and
corrections
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16. YouTube
Remember that you have a lot video clips
to learn English as a foreign language.
YouTube has a huge video repository, and
the most famous producers are teachers:
Marina Orlova (English teacher) and
Zuzana (Gym trainer), both with more than
600 mil. views. MisterDuncan is the other
famous teacher in YouTube with his
English learning video channel.
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17. 4. Tiny Classroom flash card app – Google
Doc
Tiny Classroom is a feature-rich flash
card application for foreign language
study.
+ Flash card flip mode
+ Written answers
+ Auto play mode
+ List view and filters
+ Import flash cards from web
+ Import or edit on phone
Tiny Classroom uses the Flash Card method to
learn new foreign language vocabulary
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18. 4. Tiny classroom flash card app
In Tiny Classroom, your words are
organized into lists, and lists are
arranged into groups. This hierarchy
enables you to review and categorize
large numbers of words in a structured
manner. Words are displayed on cards,
where the front and back of the card
can display either your native or foreign
language word. On the back of the card
you can also include additional
information that will enhance your
study, such as pronunciation, phonetic
representation, example usage or a
dictionary definition.
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19. 4. Tiny classroom flash card app
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20. FlashcardExchange.com, flash card directory
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21. How can teachers use flash
cards and Google Doc for
language learning?
Think about a possible task in
just three minutes
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22. Flash card (Tiny Classroom)
Task: teacher divides the class into three
student teams. The goal of each team is to
implement a list of English idioms with
Spanish equivalents, English synonyms
and English common sentences with
translations. Each card has two parts, the
word/sentence and the answer. Flash
cards must be exported to the mobile in
CSV or TXT format
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23. Task
Students and teachers will use a Google
doc for doing it. That doc will be the
container of all the data, dictionary or
whatever. The teacher will collect students'
emails in .txt format to use them in G.Docs
and GMail with a “carbon copy”, so they
can write the dictionary in a collaborative
way wherever they are.
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24. It's your turn
More tasks: 6-11
TiddlyWiki
Listen-and-write.com
EnglishTube
wallwisher.com
voicethread.com
Encyclomedia
Dotsub
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25. Thank you very much
If you have any issues or
suggestions please contact me
gorka@palazio.org
Visit me at
http://zopelana.org/englishtube
http://zopelana.org/english
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