Moodle 1.9 for Second Language TeachingPublisher: Packt Publishing 2009 | 420 Pages | ISBN: 1847196241 | PDF | 17 MB
Engaging online
language learning activities using the
Moodle platform
A recipe book for creating
language activities using
Moodle 1.9
Get the most out of
Moodle 1.9's features to create enjoyable, useful
language learning activities
Create an online
language learning center that includes reading, writing, speaking, listening, vocabulary, and grammar activities
Enhance your activities to make them visually attractive, and make the most of audio and video activities
In Detail
That word
Moodle keeps cropping up all over the place - it's in the newspapers, on other teachers' tongues, in more and more articles. Do you want to find out more about it yourself and learn how to create all sorts of fun and useful online
language activities with it? Your search ends right here.
This book demystifies
Moodle and provides you with answers to your queries. It helps you create engaging online
language learning activities using the
Moodle platform. It has suggestions and fully working examples for adapting classroom activities to the Virtual Learning Environment.
This book breaks down the core components of a typical
language syllabus - speaking, pronunciation, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and assessment - and shows you how use
Moodle 1.9 to create complete, usable activities that practice them. Each chapter starts with activities that are easier to set up and progresses to more complex ones. Nevertheless, it's a recipe book so each activity is independent. We start off with a brief introduction to
Moodle so that you're ready to deal with those specific syllabus topics, and conclude with building extended activities that combine all syllabus elements, making your course attractive and effective. Building activities based on the models in this book, you will develop the confidence to set up your own
Moodle site with impressive results.