March 2018 Archives - The FLTMAG

Project-Based Learning in Colombia

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:07:45 +0000

Emily Beeman, Spanish teacher at Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield, MA. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LQFV7837 [Note: This article was written in November 2017] I came to Gimnasio Los Caobos, a Project-Based Learning (PBL) school outside of Bogotá Colombia, at the end

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Using Instagram to Foster Learners’ Autonomy for Intercultural Learning

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:38:05 +0000

Fabrizio Fornara, Ph.D. candidate in Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies; Italian and Spanish language instructor at the Florida State University; Center for the Advancement of Teaching. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/EWTH7908 Every day, hundreds of thousands of users worldwide publish snapshots of their

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Gamified Imagined Community Simulations (ImSims) for Language Learning

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:35:27 +0000

By Felix Kronenberg, Associate Professor at Rhodes College and President of IALLT (International Association for Language Learning Technology). DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/JDAM8568 In a multi-year project at Rhodes College, beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of German have created the virtual city of “Pfefferhausen.”

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Speaking Activities with H5P: Tutorial

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:28:02 +0000

By Shannon Spasova, Assistant Professor of Russian and Technology Specialist in the Center for Language Teaching Advancement, Michigan State University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/LPBD2927 The impending demise of the Flash player has been wreaking havoc with many apps that teachers use to create speaking

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The Mixxer: What’s New?

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:07:57 +0000

By Todd Bryant, Language Technology Specialist, Dickinson College. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/OOZK9146 The Mixxer website (www.language-exchanges.org) is a social networking site designed to help language learners find a language partner. The idea is that each user can provide practice and feedback

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VideoAnt: Online Video Annotations

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 23:59:16 +0000

Meloddye Carpio Rios is a Spanish Phd student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ALXV8813 VideoAnt is a free web-based tool created by the University of Minnesota that allows for the adding of annotations and observations to

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