Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in a Digital Multimedia Environment
The paper describes the structure and functions of a digital multimedia environment as a means of teaching and studying foreign languages. The authors suggest an LMS-centered environment consisting of language labs, interactive whiteboard rooms, multimedi
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Abstract The paper describes the structure and functions of a digital multimedia environment as a means of teaching and studying foreign languages. The authors suggest an LMS-centered environment consisting of language labs, interactive whiteboard rooms, multimedia rooms, a videoconferencing hall, a webinar platform, and multimedia repositories, with all the components being linked together by an e-learning platform. The article is intended for experts in information technology and second language teaching methodology, as well as for all those interested in the problems of computer-assisted language learning.
Keywords Computer-assisted language learning e-Learning Blended learning Multimedia environment Language lab Videoconferencing Webinar
Introduction The concept of the development and application of information technology at the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service is based on the model of e-campus. The e-campus is aimed at increasing the efficiency of the business processes at the University by incorporating its information infrastructure and corporate information systems.
V. Kryukov (&) A. Gorin D. Mordvintsev Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service, Vladivostok, Russia e-mail: [email protected] A. Gorin e-mail: [email protected] D. Mordvintsev e-mail: [email protected]
Y.-M. Huang et al. (eds.), Advanced Technologies, Embedded and Multimedia for Human-centric Computing, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 260, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7262-5_8, Ó Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
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In the era of economic, political and cultural globalisation, the University pays special attention to teaching foreign languages as a means of improving the competitiveness of its graduates in today’s global marketplace. This brought about the idea of elaborating an environment for teaching and learning foreign languages on the basis of digital multimedia technology.
A Digital Multimedia Environment for Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages The digital multimedia environment at the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service comprises the following key elements: language labs, interactive whiteboard rooms, multimedia rooms, a videoconferencing hall, a webinar platform, and multimedia repositories. All these elements are linked together by the University’s e-learning platform. The multimedia environment is used to deliver foreign language courses in a variety of ways [1], both in class (language labs, multimedia and interactive whiteboard rooms) and via asynchronous (e-mail, forums) and synchronous (chat rooms, webinars, and video conferences) communication channels. Such a combination of different modes of delivery, known as blended learning, represents a real opportunity to create engaging learning experiences for each and every student [2].
E-Learning Platform Description. The e-learning platform is based on modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment (MOODLE) software which is a free o
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