 WelcomeSecond Life Time | | Second Life English - BETA Come Join the Second Life English Community! A Free Resource for Language Learners & Teachers ...in the Virtual World of Second Life.  LATEST NEWS: (Updated 01 October 2008) Help us spread the word about Second Life English by making a short video! Here's one from Wlodek Barbosa: ----- NEW ! -->English Chat With Limes Miles About: Limes Miles will be in-world at the below times to help you practice your English. Simply send him an in-world IM if you are interested! When?: 9:00am SL Time / 3 & 10 October Contact Person(s): Limes Miles (SL Name) Want to know about all on-SIM events? Click "What's happening? " to see a list of upcoming events, activities, workshops, etc. This list is now under construction and will be continuously updated. What is Second Life? "Second Life® is a 3-D virtual world created by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of residents from around the globe." Click here for more info. Source: www.SecondLife.com Want to learn how to use Second Life? Check out these Second Life tutorials! Why should language learners and teachers be interested in Second Life? "To put it simply, you can log in, and almost instantly be faced with opportunities to communicate in English or other languages - both written and spoken. One is compelled to ask questions and seek answers from the very get-go. Such conditions can only be good for language acquisition and practice. I've heard SL described as a convenient alternative to real life traveling - a kind of virtual traveling. I don't think there is any other place on the net where you can meet so many people from all over the world in such an immersive way. The ability to easily network with other language learners and teachers is therefore also a huge plus." - - Kip Yellowjacket "Global scale learning, worldwide virtual outreach... What's not to love?" - - JueL Resistance "Second Life offers unique opportunities to practice a foreign language at any time of the day or night, so it is an ideal tool for independent teachers to incorporate into both group and individual classes. Second Life is an awesome way to add reality and immersive learning to a foreign language program." - - Howard Vickers "SL allows people from all over the world to come together in a cooperative learning environment, without leaving their living rooms." - - Thea Pevensey "Why shouldn't they? - our learners are interested in a wide variety of things, and it's our duty to explore all avenues of education to provide a varied, stimulating and effective set of approaches. Second Life is one of an arsenal of tools at our disposal. Having said that, it's not for everybody and should be used where appropriate and where the learners actually feel comfortable using it. I don't think it makes any sense whatsoever in a purely face-to-face course, but for blended and distance approaches I think it has great potential - and as a cultural and communication tool, perhaps even more." - - Gavin Dudeney Click here to read more responses to this question. Where are SL residents from? Click here and scroll down to view SL Reuter's list of active SL residents by country. What are the pros and cons of teaching languages in Second Life? Responding to this question becomes easier after one has spent some time teaching in SL. Most active SL language teachers would surely reply to this question in a variety of ways, listing a wide range of positives and negatives. This often leads to in-world discussions, presentations and events which attempt to address common issues faced by foreign language facilitators in SL. Click here to see a list of talking points which you could use to stimulate discussion on the topic of EFL/ESL in SL at the next in-world event. What is Second Life English? The Second Life English group has been helping language learners and teachers in Second Life since 2006. Our past activities were mainly held at the English Village where we organized weekly team-teaching events and assisted learners and teachers in various ways. The Second Life English SIM is a free resource for language learners and teachers. We are not a school. We are a community of language learners and teachers who share the desire to use the virtual world of Second Life for the learning and teaching of foreign languages. Our goals are: - to help language learners and teachers connect - to offer free advertisement to language teachers, groups, schools and "conversation partners" (so-called language buddies) - to help language learners and teachers by answering questions, giving tips and freely sharing ideas about Second Life and learning/teaching in Second Life - to make language teachers aware of useful tools and resources in Second Life - to suggest ways of supplementing the SL learning/teaching experience - to offer free language learning/teaching activities such as team-teaching and workshops - to continuously develop the Second Life English SIM - to help promote a culture of online and life-long learning - to encourage the idea that all of Second Life is "the classroom" - to help interconnect the various language communities in Second Life - to encourage communication and cultural awareness/understanding - to promote the idea that we are all learners and potential teachers We want to help EMPOWER language learners and teachers! The Second Life English SIM (island) is a free resource. You are welcome to see this SIM as one of "your" resources in Second Life. We plan to continuously work on the SIM so that it becomes a highly useful meeting point for all language enthusiasts in Second Life. Click the below link to teleport to the Second Life English SIM. Please note: The Second Life software must already be installed. http://slurl.com/secondlife/VIRTLANTIS/224/77/21 Free In-World Advertisement: Teachers/Groups/Schools can also advertise on the Second Life English SIM (free of charge). Simply teleport to the in-world location and click the wall for additional information. Please also feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. Free Out-World Advertisement We now have a forum on the website to help SL language students, teachers, groups and schools connect. All are welcome to advertise their lessons, courses and services here. Non-profits are also welcome to advertise in-world and on the forum! Please make sure to read the 'Forum Info - Read Please' thread. Click here to go to the forum. Students: You can teleport to the Second Life English Teacher Wall to find a language teacher. Click the teachers' pictures for contact info and/or information about lessons, courses, etc. Please also visit the Find Teacher/Student Forum. Questions?: No problem! Click here to contact Second Life English. In The News: SLNN Article on Second Life English Forbes Article on Second Life English  Second Life® and Linden Lab™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. Theme created by Free-Source.net   |
