SpeakApps

The SpeakApps Open Educational Resources (OER) repository counts with over 200 activities to encourage oral practice among foreign language students. Resources are available for any of the SpeakApps languages, and since the repository is collaboratively built, comments and feedback are welcome.
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The SpeakApps project has started an Open Educational Resources (OER) repository, where teachers will be able to find a growing amount of activities and experiences to be carried out in their classrooms. Moreover, and since the repository is build in a wiki environment, users will be able to actively contribute to the project by modifying and adapting activities to their needs. For doing so, all you need is to sign into OER through our Moodle platform, which is open to anyone by creating a free account.

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To celebrate this holidays season, we are offering you the recorded version of David Singleton’s lecture Life rather than age: alternative perspectives on ultimate L2 attainment. Professor of Applied Linguistics at Trinity College Dublin, Singleton was our guest speaker in the SpeakApps event to celebrate the European Day of Languages. Hope you will enjoy it!

Det senaste projektmötet hölls i Jyväskylä. När teamets medlemmar anlände till Jyväskylä, var hela staden täckt av snö och temperaturen var runt 20 minusgrader. Himlen var blå och solen sken. Det var verkligen ett perfekt väder för ett möte - inomhus!

Under de två dagarna diskuterade projektets partner alla aktuella delar av projektet. Ämnena som diskuterades var:

- Projektresultatens hållbarhet efter projektet.
- Pedagogisk utveckling och utbildning av lärare.
- En bank av pedagogiska resurser (SpeakApps Open Educational Resources).

Det var givande för alla partner att få en överblick över vad som har gjorts i de olika … Continue Reading

The SpeakApps project was presented in the IX International Seminar “Transformative Changes in Education: System-wide Approach”, celebrated in Barcelona on 26-27 November. Organised by the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), the project was present at the event through a showcase entitled SpeakApps: resources and applications for developing oral skills online.

Celebrated every year since 2004, the meeting gathered international experts in education and pedagogy to discuss about the … Continue Reading