Schedule: 2009-09-12 (15:45 - 16:30)
Parallel Session 6 (Room A-25)

Title: Implementing virtual activities in CLIL classes: a response to the Learning and Teaching Efficiently (LTE) European Project
Authors: Teresa Morell
Abstract: In this paper we will focus on the use of virtual activities to enhance both the learning of content and language in a History and Culture course for university students with a B2 level of English, according to the European Framework. The design of the course and the instruments used were implemented as a part of the European Comenius 3 Project: Learning and Teaching Efficiently (LTE). In this project, teachers at the diferent levels of education and other educational staff of 16 European countries have joined to find ways of being innovative and to determine what can be considered "good practice" in teaching English as a foreign language through the use of ICT.

The particular study to be presented involves the collaboration of two institutions in order to promote the use of several ICT based activities through a Virtual Campus. Among the activities used were: on-line debates, the use of Freemind software to create mind maps to be shared, and the use of on-line databases to carry out collaborative research. At the presentation of this on-going investigation, the ICT activities will be shown and the effects of their use on the students'learning of the content and language will be demonstrated.
Keywords: CLIL, ICT, innovation, virtual campuses

Main topic: CALL supported Content Integrated Language Learning (CLIL)

Biodata: Teresa Morell has a doctorate in Applied Linguistics and is currently lecturing in the English Department at the University of Alicante. Her research involves classroom and lecture discourse analysis. She has published several books on improving classroom learning, and articles on oral academic English discourse in international journals such as JEAP and ESP.
Type of presentation Paper presentation

Paper category Research & Development

Target educational sector Higher education

Language of delivery English

EU-funded project Yes

Schedule:	2009-09-12 (15:45 - 16:30) Parallel Session 6 (Room A-25)
Title:	Implementing virtual activities in CLIL classes: a response to the Learning and Teaching Efficiently (LTE) European Project
Authors:	Teresa Morell
Abstract:	In this paper we will focus on the use of virtual activities to enhance both the learning of content and language in a History and Culture course for university students with a B2 level of English, according to the European Framework. The design of the course and the instruments used were implemented as a part of the European Comenius 3 Project: Learning and Teaching Efficiently (LTE). In this project, teachers at the diferent levels of education and other educational staff of 16 European countries have joined to find ways of being innovative and to determine what can be considered "good practice" in teaching English as a foreign language through the use of ICT. The particular study to be presented involves the collaboration of two institutions in order to promote the use of several ICT based activities through a Virtual Campus. Among the activities used were: on-line debates, the use of Freemind software to create mind maps to be shared, and the use of on-line databases to carry out collaborative research. At the presentation of this on-going investigation, the ICT activities will be shown and the effects of their use on the students'learning of the content and language will be demonstrated.
Keywords:	CLIL, ICT, innovation, virtual campuses
Main topic:	CALL supported Content Integrated Language Learning (CLIL)
Biodata:	Teresa Morell has a doctorate in Applied Linguistics and is currently lecturing in the English Department at the University of Alicante. Her research involves classroom and lecture discourse analysis. She has published several books on improving classroom learning, and articles on oral academic English discourse in international journals such as JEAP and ESP.
Type of presentation	Paper presentation
Paper category	Research & Development
Target educational sector	Higher education
Language of delivery	English
EU-funded project	Yes