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Social Networking & Language Learning Sep 2008
This document discusses using social networking to connect, communicate, and collaborate for language students and teachers. It lists popular general social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube as well as specialist sites for networking. It provides links to sites for teachers to connect with each other and resources for lesson plans. It also discusses how learners want to use computers and socialize for learning English. In conclusion, it advocates for using social networking now to improve language learning.
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- 1. Connect! Communicate! Collaborate! Social networking for language students and teachers http://sociallearningspaces.wikispaces.com/
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- 6. Popular Sites forSocial Networking http://www.facebook.com/ http://www.classmates.com/ http://www.orkut.com/ http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.youtube.com/ http://www.twitter.com
- 7. Specialist Sites forSocial Networking http://www.bookcrossing.com http://www.kroonos.com http://www.teachertube.com/ http://del.icio.us.com http://www.flickr.com http://www.communitywalk.com
- 8. Connecting! Communicating Collaborating!...with other Teachers
- 9. Language Teachers &Social Networking http://www.webheadsinaction.org http://www.englisheducation.ning.com http://metamexico.ning.com http://teachingenglish.org.uk
- 10. This website bringstogether everything busy teachers need for the classroom and the staffroom: Lesson plans Worksheets Teaching tips Weblinks Teaching articles TeachingEnglish Your Global Home
- 11. Try this collectionof resources for the classroom. A vast storehouse of lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching materials from the British Council, the BBC and other major UK publishers. Think about the way you teach and the principles which underpin your teaching. Articles on methodology, teaching ideas and tips, an ELT glossary and much more. The site is organised into four main areas: Try, Think, Talk, Transform
- 12. Talk about yourteaching and the issues that concern you. Discuss areas of interest, get advice, keep you own blog and link up with groups of teachers around the globe. Transform your teaching career. Access training materials, a range of personal development tools, information on UK ELT courses and qualifications and get an in-depth look at specialist teaching areas such as learning technologies, CLIL and Young Learners.
- 13. Your Global HomeThe TeachingEnglish – Your Global Home website is a central point of reference for information about English language teaching products and services from the UK. www.teachingenglish.org.uk
- 14. Connecting! Communicating! Collaborating!...with other Learners
- 15. 73% of learnersof English say they want to learn using a computer 69% say socialising is a main motivation in their learning and that they want to have fun 92% think it's important to develop their problem-solving skills (British Council global research conducted by IPSOS MORI in 2007. The results were gathered from 4000 learners around the world) Learning English & Social Networking
- 16. Language Learners &Social Networking http://www.ning.com http://bcmadridylning.com http://ritamz.ning.com http://maryglasgowmagazines.com http://www.wiziq.com http://secondlife4teens.pbwiki.com
- 17. The Future ofsocial networking...now!
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- 26. Connect! Communicate! Collaborate! Social networking for language students and teachers http://sociallearningspaces.wikispaces.com/