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
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
