Oral Development for LSP via Open Source Tools
ABSTRACT: For the development of oral abilities in LSP, few computer-based teaching
and learning resources have actually focused intensively on web-based listening and
speaking. Many more do on reading, writing, vocabulary and grammatical activities.
Our aim in this paper is to approach oral communication in the online environment
of Moodle by striving to make it suitable for a learning project which incorporates
oral skills. The paper describes a blended process in which both individual and collaborative
learning strategies can be combined and exploited through the implementation of specific
tools and resources which may go hand in hand with traditional face-to-face conversational
classes. The challenge with this new perspective is, ultimately, to provide effective
tools for oral LSP development in an apparently writing skill-focused medium.
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