1. A WINDOW ON THE WORLD
Open educational practices in language teaching
Shona Whyte, iTILT Multiplier Event, 13 January 2016, Nice
2. “… we cannot really teach language,
we can only create conditions in
which it will develop spontaneously
in the mind in its own way …
-Von Humboldt (1767–1835)
4. LIGHTBOWN & SPADA: HOW LANGUAGES ARE LEARNED.
➤ Languages are learned mainly through imitation.
➤ The earlier a second language is introduced in school
programmes, the greater the likelihood of success.
➤ Most of the mistakes which second language learners make are
due to interference from their first language.
➤ Teachers should use materials that expose students only to
those language structures which they have already been taught.
➤ Learners' errors should be corrected as soon as they are made
in order to prevent the formation of bad habits.
➤ When learners are allowed to interact freely (e.g., in pair or
group activities), they learn each others' mistakes.
5.
6. TASK CRITERIA
➤ focus on meaning (not form)
➤ information gap
➤ language not all pre-taught
➤ outcome
authentic language use
11. TELECOLLABORATION
➤ types of collaboration
➤ synchronous versus asychronous
➤ written versus oral
➤ tasks
➤ information exchange tasks
➤ comparison and analysis tasks
➤ collaborative tasks
➤ tools
12. “… telecollaborative tasks can be of an informal type,
requiring learners to engage in general conversation with
their partners about hobbies and interests, or they can be
very structured in nature, requiring students to collaborate
in the production of a particular document or product. Some
telecollaborative tasks may involve a clear focus on linguistic
form, while others may lead to greater reflection on cultural
aspects of the foreign language.
O’Dowd & Ware, 2009
13. SECONDARY EFL
➤ live communication
➤ French and Dutch pupils
➤ English as a lingua franca
21. PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS
➤ EU projects
➤ TILA
➤ INTENT
➤ http://www.scoop.it/t/telt/?
q=telecollaboration
➤ Cyberlangues
22. REFERENCES
➤ Goodman, E. (2015). Teach
me what I need to say.
(Videocast)
➤ Kurek, M. & Skowron, A.
(2015). Going open with
LangOER. PDF
➤ UNESCO (2012). Paris OER
declaration. PDF