LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM: DEVELOPING INDEPENDENT LEARNING WITH ADULT LEARNERS

Our learners spend only a small fraction of their potential learning time actually in our language classrooms. This one-day workshop will explore some ways of encouraging learning a language outside the classroom

Aims:
•develop approaches and activities that encourage language learning outside the classroom, both teacher-prompted and autonomous
•look at some internet resources for language learners
•explore the use of web quests
•introduce podcasts to teachers unfamiliar with them