Formal / non formal learning

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Language learning and teaching in formal and non formal contexts through ICT


A joint research project involving the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the Youth and European Social Work Forum (the Y.E.S. Forum) and the University of Luxembourg (UL).

 

About our activities

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  INFORMAL LANGUAGE LEARNING COMPETITION

This new competition "Social media in informal language learning and use:Video project - Interviewing adult learners"is launched from January to August 2012. This competition aims to highlight how a language learner in the Web 2.0 era uses social media for language learning in daily life outside formal learning contexts. After sharing interview videos on LS6 vimeo channel, we will award the individual( interviewee) who share his or her best practice of language learning in informal contexts.

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WEBINAR

A webinar (debate broadcast live) on the interrelation of formal and informal language practices supported by ICT will be organised by P.A.U education in Barcelona, in coming June 2012.

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TEACHER COMPETITION

An award winning competition for language teachers.

 

  • “Social media in formal language learning contexts” was launched between February and July 2011. The aim of this competition was to identify, valorize and make awards to language teaching initiatives with social networking technologies that take place in classroom settings.Ten best practices can be found here. The winner of the competition is teacher Ceri Anwen James in a Welsh-medium school Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg from Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (UK).  Click here to discover her passionate practice.
  • After the announcement of the competition winner, the brochure entitled,“Teaching with social media in classroom settings: Top ten practices from teachers around Europe” is published in January 2012. The publication is about to share these ten deserving and admirable practices with a broader audience

 

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STUDY

  • A research and valorization activity addressing disadvantaged youth in 6 European countries (France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and the United Kingdom). A transversal study on language learning practices, supported by ICT or not, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the kind of strategies developed, the tools and resources these learners use and the kind of social synergies that are supportive (trainers and teachers, family, friends, etc.)
  • The publication "Young people with fewer opportunities learning languages informally: perceptions and uses of ICT and social media" is available here.

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    Forum  

A forum discussion, open to the public for two months, will support interaction with the public just after the webinar (July to August 2012).

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KEY POINTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Key points and recommendations as a synthesis of processes and outcomes resulting from the different interaction spaces (forum and webinar) will be published in September 2012.

 

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