Erika+Cruvinel

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Bios
[|Ronaldo Lima Jr] works for [|Casa Thomas Jefferson] as a teacher, a teacher trainer, a CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) tutor, a computer lab monitor, an online instructor and a website content manager. He is also an Applied Linguisitcs graduate student whose main interests are learning strategies, pronunciation teaching and technology-enhanced language teaching.

[|Erika Cruvinel] works for [|Casa Thomas Jefferson] as a teacher, a teacher trainer, a CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) tutor, a computer lab monitor, an online instructor and a website content manager. She has given presentations in workshops and seminars about the potential of technology integration into language learning and is especially interested in the uses of tech-applications to develop collaborative projects among different countries.

Title
English as a User-Generated Language

Description
This talk aims at showing participants part of the plethora of projects using web 2.0 tools, which focus on user-generated content, that can be incorporated into their regular language classes, motivating their students as well as bringing more authenticity to students’ production. Presenters will demonstrate how practical and engaging these projects can be by sharing some they have successfully carried out.

Abstract
Due to the recent shifts on the Internet, moving from a static web-based environment in which information and knowledge were available for students' exploration to a social sphere with a new generation of applications that can easily evolve into interactive contents - what is now known as the Web 2.0 -, computer-mediated collaboration has also been redesigned in its forms and possibilities in the language classroom. With such shifts, instead of being exposed to content/information/knowledge in a linear sequential manner, learners can be provide with a rich array of tools and information sources to use in creating their own learning pathways. The challenge for the EFL/ESL teacher within this new flow of online spheres, in which learners can easily be creators of content, is how to promote students’ interaction in the target language through carefully-designed major tasks that lead to meaningful connections. Once the process by which knowledge-sharing will take place is established, the learners will have the chance to use all their language resources to perform the tasks, negotiate meaning to communicate in authentic settings, and be exposed to real language, as well as develop cross-cultural awareness and tolerance. The purpose of this talk, hence, is to show that educators have a wealth of online tools available on the Web 2.0 that can really cause an impact on the way they teach.

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Links to the projects that will be mentioned during the talk can be found at: http://brazilbridges.pbwiki.com/user_genarated