Tina Gunnarsson
Aula Virtual de Español
How to join?
You enter:
http://estocolmo.cervantes.es/
You click on AVE
Right level? Diagnostic test (A1 – C1)
Cost is 495 SEK/course
Code is valid for 4 months
Logging on Choose your language
Enter code
You receive a welcome message
Your platform
• List of resources
• Results
• Messaging tools
• Forums and chat
• Logos are links
Entering your course Contents page
Different themes
Extra materials
Extra materials Exercises
Intonation, the alphabet
More interactive exercises
Webpages
Explanations of grammar and expressions (pragmatics)
Entering the first theme Contents page
Sections containing different grammatical elements/vocabulary/expressions
Final task
Entering first section Contents page
Yellow marker = different exercises
To enter – click on the first yellow marker
Exercise window Observation/
explanation
Name of course
All sections listed
Next button
Tools in the margin
Tools Highlighted when available
Keyboard
Print out
Repeat
Solution
Translate (!!!)
Help
Translate
Help
Feedback Correct answers turn
green
Errors are highlighted then disappear
Written tasks are sent in to tutor
All work can be printed out/stored
Hick-ups/Flaws Images Sound quality Design No backspacing for typos Solution for one/solutions for all Observations cannot be paused Exercises difficult to understand Translation is not provided for everything Difficult to log off
IT at my school
• 161 computers/470 students• 24 classrooms - 2 computers • Teachers 1:1• Computers 6 months – 8 years• Central – basic computer
needs, main software licenses• Individual schools – more
computers, pedagogic software
• No IT-policy