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EFL in Openness: A Project Based Language Learning with MOOCs and Online International Exchange

Authors:
Yayoi Anzai

Keywords: English education; MOOCs; distance education; international exchange

Abstract:
Open education has been getting much attention in various educational fields, and the language education is not an exception. It is a movement to enhance opportunities for learning, which empowered by the current technological revolution. In particular, the web has been employed in English as a foreign language (EFL) education to change a traditional classroom, and has created a community in which students are able to actively participate in, exchange ideas, and collaborate. By introducing two case studies, project based language learning with MOOCs and online international exchange, this paper explores new possibilities in Open learning and advocate the active use of ICT to foster English language learning.

Pages: 61 to 64

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: March 19, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4367

ISBN: 978-1-61208-541-8

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from March 19, 2017 to March 23, 2017