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Teaching Language Using Real-Time Internet Communication. By Edna Hastings & Kyunghee Cho. Main Point. Bringing teachers, learners, and native speakers together in intense, authentic interaction. By using synchronous internet communication.
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Teaching Language Using Real-Time Internet Communication By Edna Hastings & Kyunghee Cho
Main Point • Bringing teachers, learners, and native speakers together in intense, authentic interaction. • By using synchronous internet communication.
What’s available for use.Description of the tools & how to find them • Web chat • IRC (Internet Relay Chat) • MUD, MOO, WOO, GMUK
Web Chat • Easy, requires only a Web browser (URL, a Web address). • Disadvantages: not designed for the learner, unpleasant language, delayed reading of the conversation • http://pages.wbs.net/ • http://chat.yahoo.com
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) • A multi-user, multi-channel on a network • Need an IRC program (ex. mIRC) • Connected servers • http://geocities.com/~mirc/
USES 1.Social Interaction :creative & authentic audience 2.Games :on-line role- playing games TEACHER’S NEW ROLE 1.Facilitator, guide & Librarian 2. Provides students with opportunities to use the target language Pedagogical issues
A look into the future • Technology will continue to develop. • Educators need to keep up. • Paradigm shift is taking place in education. • lifelong learning • just-in-time learning • distance education