Just passing on Graham Stanley's message (during our initial training some of us had the pleasure of a Ciuadad Bonita Tour by Dafne Gonzalez (heartily recommended!). And another announcement on a session on 3d classroom management.

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De 3 à 6 Février 2010 ont… Continue

This article in International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, Vol. 1, Issue 1 caught my eye: http://www.igi-global… Continue

In December Rick de Graaff gave a presentation on NIFLAR at the Symopium on ICT-integrated Language Learning in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Click here for the abstracts.
Click here to watch the presentation video.

Just passing on this message on the TESLJB-List
by Helen Spencer-Oatey 's, Director of the Centre for Applied Linguistics University of Warwick Coventry

Dear Colleagues
For those of you who are interested in intercultural
communication/intercultural competence, you may find our Global People
website useful: http://www.globalpeople.org.uk/

It contains:
- a competency framework with lots of authentic examples to illustrate
them
- a lifecycle model… Continue

Passing on Graham Stanley's Call for participation in the "AVALON Language Teacher Training Course in Second Life" on Teaching Languages in a Virtual World.

Time: February 16, 2010 at 6pm to March 11, 2010 at 7pm
Location: AVALON Learning, Second Life
Organized By: Graham Stanl… Continue

Hi, happy New Year to all of you. Some of us joined the EVO course on Teaching in Virtual Worlds which I advertised here before. Current membership is an impressive crowd of some 240. This number will undoubtedly grow even more… Continue

2009 has been the year the NIFLAR adventure started. Many things have been achieved within these 12 colorful months, as result of intensive and fruitful collaboration of a very engaged team, achievements I would like to share with you. December is obviously the genuine month to look back and reflect on, analyse and evaluate the work done.

The Niflar team has d… Continue

TESOL CALL-IS EVO Sessions

Have a look at these excellent and free opportunities for online professional developement, offered by TESOL.

As they are particularly relevant for our NIFLAR partners & community members who

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In November 2009 the first pilot with secondary schools started. This is one of the most interesting challenges within the NIFLAR project, to study whether networked interaction has a place in secondary education among teenagers. The results with tertiary students are very encouraging but very little is known about the use of these tools in secondary education.… Continue