Skype, a doorway into Authentic Language.
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Technology authentically connects students to the world.
Powerful tool to activate and encourage interpersonal communication promoting global understanding and a sense of community without geographical limitations.
Impacts and enhances the way students learn. (both ends)
Opportunity for the student to interact and communicate meaningfully with a real person in the target language. (Spontaneity and authenticity)
It empowers the student with the ownership of a friend.
Opportunity to implement other technological tools. (email, social networks, blogs, telephone, texting, etc)
Download Skype from www.skype.com. Set up a teacher account or a student account. Protect privacy settings. Find a partner to collaborate:
• Epals a global community http://www.epals.com/• People to people
http://www.ptpi.org/programs/SchoolClass.aspx• Search Google : colegios privados (place of your choice)
Skype as a group Skype individually
Need collaboration and commitment on the other end.
Matching pen pals. Keep up with the letters. Additional class time required to coach the
writing. To speed the process of the writing
(correspondence gets deep over time) www.tradukka.com
The problem of students moving away. Promote independence to develop a long-
lasting friendship.