A rationale for LingTECHguistics*

The LingTECHguistics* methodology consists on teaching second language (L2) lessons in full immersion through a sustained affective stimulus. This stimulus consists in a developmentally appropriate computer activity.

The rationale behind this methodology is that students will be :
a) Exposed to second language vocabulary in a real-life scenario
b) Exposed to technology whether familiar or not, in a way that [...]

ECL: English as a Changing Language- Article

Click on the picture, or here for the article on Wired Magazine that made many people shiver.

Call Bibliography on the Net

This is a list of WWW references and activities related to Connectionism and the use of Computer Assisted Language Learning.
                                                         

Second Language Acquisition References

Click on the mountain for SLA  4.0 – A superb bibliography on Second language acquisition updated in 2007 by Vivian Cook,
Professor of Applied Linguistics: Newcastle University

Spanish 2.0/EFL/ESL- Lesson with autoshapes

My favorite thing to teach is colors.
Colors are everywhere and in everything. Yet, of all the color lessons that I have taught in English, Spanish, German (ages ago), and French, one of my favorite central topics is  the gumball machine.

Lesson Plan Objective:  To teach target lingo (colors and shapes) and Lingtechlingo using a Sustained Affective [...]