Virtual world
is really entertaining and before
being introduced to Second Life during our Technology Class I was a little
familiar with it. However I had n’t thought of using this technological tool at
EFL classes with others such as gaming, blogging and so on. Seems interesting. Form a group, include your learners into it and simply enjoy teaching English.
During our class discussions we came up with really interesting ideas how to
integrate SL in EFL classes. Most of all
I liked the idea of interacting with different communities all over the world
and also having classes in
different settings such as :
OR
BUT NOT ALL THE TIME
OR
The learners can learn words by touching them,
watching them and using them. I was personally
very exited about opening my
account and using the Second Life chance to communicate and create my Second
World. I still encourage my peers to form a group together and build our lives.
However my view is optimistic from the
point of view of a student. But I would hardly risk integrating my own students
into the SL as a teacher. First of all it’s public-access
and as mentioned in Welche’s article the designer s
don’t know what you’re doing there as they want
you to be creative http://moodle.aua.am/file.php/28/Course_Materials/Virtual_World_/VirtualWorlds_InterviewWelch_2008.pdf
In the same
way teachers are not safe as students
can go beyond the limits of the class requirements. On the other hand, I consider it useless to forbid pupils to go
to certain places and not to do things which they think are more entertaining.It’s
like discouraging your own learners to
be creative. So, I will fail to have successful virtual classes because I lack risk management mentioned in Cinthia M.
Calongne’s article as one of the
features leading to successful virtual classes .
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