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A b-learning pedagogical model for teaching and learning English. An Interactive Course for global Communication. Emerita Bañados Universidad de Concepción, Chile UCO-0109 MECESUP Project. Objective. The communicative English program:.
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A b-learning pedagogical model for teaching and learning English An Interactive Course for global Communication Emerita Bañados Universidad de Concepción, Chile UCO-0109 MECESUP Project
Objective The communicative English program: Aims at developing integrated linguistic skills, with an emphasis on listening comprehension and oral production. Learners develop their language skills through individual practice, communication and collaboration.
Standard CEF Competence Levels Communicative English Program Modules
UdeC English Online A Networked Multimedia Environment for Learning English as a Foreign Language SLA Principles E-learning Pedagogy Methodological Principles Design Issues for CASLA Criteria for CALL Tasks One Central Platform with Tools & Interactive Multimedia Language learning Tasks Network Multimedia Applications
A b-Learning Pedagogical Model Independent work with Software (5 hrs.) Online monitoring • Interaction &Culture (1hr.) • Face-to-face teacher led classes (1.5 hrs.)
Learners study English at CFRD CFRD is a technologogical center for innovating pedagogical practices using ICT, funded by a MECESUP UCO-109 project.
The Team…
The English Online team is made up of highly qualified ESL teachers and native language assistants led by the program Director professor Emerita Bañados.
Language Assistants Native speakers of English periodically work with us leading conversation classes and helping record some audiovisual materials.
Highly Qualified Technicians Multimedia, audiovisual and distance education technicians develop and implement the interactive materials written and designed by the EFL teachers in the online platform.
Video Recordings Technicians from our university TV channel film the videos for the online course led by EFL teachers.
Native speakers who have participated in the video and audio recordings come from different cities including Dublin, California, Minnesota, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, Indiana, etc. providing a variety of English accents for linguistic input.
International Professors Fulbright Scholars and experts have visited and made valuable contributions to the program.
The Program …
Independent work with the online software Students are encouraged to develop their learning autonomy. They work at their own pace with the online software for about 5 hours a week. They come from different majors such as engineering, chemistry, dentistry, law, journalism, business, medicine.
Face-to-face classes with EFL teachers Students enjoy taking part in different types of communicative situations during their face-to-face classes with their EFL teachers/tutors.
Conversation classes with native speakers Every week learnes have one hour session of interaction with native speakers, where they practice the language and learn about the foreign culture through fun communication activities, games, and simulations.
Global community Several students that come to UdeC to study Spanish become participants of the program global community. They share with students and collaborate with the program while they are on campus and continue communicating through CMC when they leave to their hometowns.
Online tutoring for personalized feedback Every week students submit course assignments to their personal online portfolio to be assessed by their tutors. They check marks and tutor comments on a personal progress report.
Online Tutoring and personalized feedback Every week students submit course assignments, which include recordings, to their personal online portfolio to be assessed by the tutors. They can check their grades and tutor comments on their personal progress reports.
CMC tools used in the course Students use discussion forum, voice chat, personal messages and message board functionalities to communicate with the local and global course community.
L2 Input and Output Students intensively practice listening comprehension and speaking skills online through tasks which maximize opportunities to produce and focus on output by means of specially created recording tools, which allow learners to interact with video characters and send their recordings to their online portfolios to get feedback from their teacher/tutor.
Other functionalities Students write a weekly online diary about their progress and impressions of how they are learning. They also register the vocabulary they learn in each lesson in their personal vocabulary book.
Pilot Course Results Module I UdeC English Online ProgramAugust-December 2004