Teaching and learning global English using social media and social interaction explains how English Out There materials work and why they are the first of their kind in the world. Listen to the evidence yourself.

1. Teaching and learning global English using social media and social interaction

8. What method is it based on? EOT is based upon the Communicative Method (used by most language courses in the world), but it uses a redesigned lesson plan format that is used in every single session. This new format means that real practice of the target language happens minutes after the language has been studied. The course includes elements of psycholinguistic research and the application of practical memory enhancing techniques that lead to improved ‘memory mapping’ . All of this helps learners to remember the target language better and to feel much more confident .

12. Links that create understanding and help recall . i.e. “ This new language…”  ” is similar to…”  ” is related to…”  “ is because….” EOT language focus i.e. language studied Existing language + Out There Task for the session + the real experience of what was actually said and understood. What is Constructivism and how does it relate to EOT? Original source: www.geoffpetty.com or in Mujis, D. & Reynolds, D. (2001) Sounds, images, emotions and context.

13. The Learning Pyramid: The recall rate of different teaching strategies. The National Training Laboratories (US) Source: www.geoffpetty.com or in Mujis, D. & Reynolds, D. (2001) 5 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 50 % 75 % 90 % Listening Reading Audio -Visual Demonstration Discussion groups Practice by doing Teach others/immediate use of learning Students Receive Information i.e.Conventional classroom based teaching Students Apply their Learning i.e. EOT Students are Increasingly active, and challenged. Experience is increasingly practical, social and multi-sensory Student’s recall rate

16. EOT is both a pedagogic and a psychological process… It proves that good preparation before socialization quickly helps learners to speak with more confidence and fluency ‘ Bonjour, deux baguettes, s’il vous plait’ Or ‘Doh!’ (i.e. no sound or slow, faltering and hesitant speech) "Monitor "overusers" are performers who feel they must "know the rule" for everything and do not entirely trust their feel for grammaticality in the second language. One case, "S", described by Stafford and Covitt (1978), remarked: "I feel bad... when I put words together and I don't know nothing about the grammar." In Stevicks terms (Stevick, 1976, p. 78), overusers may suffer from "lathophobic aphasia", an "unwillingness to speak for fear of making a mistake"." Stephen Krashen Yerkes-Dodson law (first observed by Robert M. Yerkes and John D. Dodson, The Relation of Strength of Stimulus to Rapidity of Habit-Formation (1908) Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology, 18, 459-482) EOT © Languages Out There Ltd

17. Does it work? 1 day = a 3 hour lesson 1 week = 15 hours Sample size 726 Age of clients: 14-65 Nationalities: 35

18. Regular feedback comments about EOT: “ not boring”, “exciting”, “helps me to memorise”, “it helps me to speak after class”, “real English”. First independent review: “ These materials have an extra dimension …the Out There tasks encourage students to speak with others, either face to face in a public venue or using VoIP technology such as Skype in order to speak with a partner or small group. There are many things that I like about these well-structured worksheets. There are a mixture of activities, such as work-definition matches, sentence gap-fills and picture descriptions which get the students practicing the target language. Vocabulary expansion and speaking skills are core components of this course which I think would be very useful to many students. The topic areas covered are interesting and relevant, introducing everyday language and colloquial and idiomatic expressions to students. The thematic worksheets include a wide range of topics including travel, music, technology, beauty, fears and idioms/slang...” (TEFL.net, October 2009) http:// tefl.net/reviews/english -out-there

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25. I do some self-study or a teacher guides me through the EOT materials.. ..then she talks to me on the telephone, online or in the street. We start by using the language from the lesson.

27. Clear instructions for both teachers and learners Six levels: 1.Beginner (A1) 2.Elementary (A2) 3.Pre-intermediate (B1) 4.Intermediate (B2) 5.Upper-intermediate (C1) 6.Advanced (C2)

28. Student worksheets 20 lessons per level Each input session lasts approximately 1.5-2.5hrs* Unlimited speaking time * self-study and 1:1, depending upon the individual

29. Out There Task Gives you a way to start talking Uses the language in the lesson Speak for as long as you like with as many people as you want – on the phone, online or on the street Let the conversation take its own course Have fun and connect socially

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