Virtual Language Travel

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From the creators of EU funded LANCELOT and AVALON project on language learning in real-time in virtual classrooms and in virtual worlds comes a highly innovative concept of how to fully immerse yourself in an all-inclusive language learning experience online.

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let‘s talk online started as live online language school and soon expanded globally with clients and teachers in several continents

EU funded LANCELOT started with 23 EU partners in 8 countries to develop a teacher-training course for language teachers

Training center LANCELOT School GmbH started offering the LANCELOT course and live online workshops

EU funded AVALON started with 26 EU partners in 8 countries to explore Second Life for language learning

2003 Jan

2005 Sept

2007 Sept

2008 Jan

2009 Jan

2010 Dec

Travel to learn a language

where it is spoken

Language tuition

Field trips and fun

REAL

Leisure and Cultural program

Accomodation with host families

REAL

No need to travel

Language tuition in a virtual classroom

Field trips in a virtual world

Podcasts / videos

Peer-to-peer sites

Language tuition in a virtual classroom

The LANCELOT Project

2005 - 2007

LANguage learning with CErtified Live Online Teachers

Project coordinator: University of Vienna23 partners in 8 countriesSept 2005 - Sept 2007

Field trips in a virtual world (here Second Life)

The AVALON Project

Access to Virtual and Action Learning Live ONline

Project coordinator is University of Manchester

26 partners in 8 countries

Jan 2009-Dec 2010

Jan 2009 - ongoing

Tools: Authentic listening material

Podcasts

Videos

News clips

Interviews

Talkshows

Tools: Self-study software

Multi-media learning software

Multiple-choice tests and exams

Tools: Learning Management Systems

Learning Management Systems

Reports

CEF scores

Tools: Vocabulary trainer

Vocabulary trainer

Online dictionary

Picture dictionaries

Making friends abroad

Online peer-to-peer communities

Livemocha (4 Mill users)

Busuu

Discussion forums

English-test.net

YouTube

Sky.fm

Ebay

Virtual Worlds

Second Life

Games

Social Media

Facebook

Twitter

NING communities

Online Events Conferences

Events

UStream

Heike Philp

Innovative, inspiring and sociable teacher training

www.lancelotschool.comhttp://www.avalonlearning.eu

www.youtube.com/lancelotschoolhttp://virtual-round-table.ning.com

http://virtual-language-travel.ning.com

Co-initator of both the and the LANCELOT project