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Tour to the British Council Isle in Second Life

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Tour to the British Council Isle in Second Life URBE EFL Center in SL visited the British Council Isle. This is a wonderful Sim used for English language learning and teaching. We went on a quest... The Merlin Learning Quest for English language learners.  The following video is an introduction to what students can do there. Graham Stanley aka Baldric Commons tells us about it. You can practice your English and learn more about the British Culture by visiting: Learn English Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011 Time: 11:30 SLT... 2:00 PM Venezuelan Time URBE EFL Center meeting point: http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Mist/213/86/21 Meeting in british Council Isle point: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/British%20Council%20Isle/230/127/39   Well, Pio looked up for  a litle info on the story behind the Quest: Themes, events and characters of the Arthurian Legend 1. Arthur is a king of Britain who defeated the Saxons and established an empire over Britain , ...

Virtual Language Resource Centre for French FL

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Edith Paillat [Cyber Placebo] -- Virtual Language Resource Centre for French FL The Virtual Language Resource Centre for French FL seeks to provide language resources for independent learning as well learning with the help of a tutor. With this platform I wish to offer a relaxed meeting point where students can come on their own, as a group to work on resources and/or, more formally with a tutor. The Centre offers French related Landmarks and objects with notecards with links to online resources and suggestions of activities. The scope of this project can be extended to building a broader language Resource Centre for other languages. Language. At a later stage a central reception area with teleporter could then be added for access possibly a holodeck rezzing rooms with specific language and cultural elements. During this showcase I hope to explain how and why I built such centre and, if time allows, engage participants in a discussion about the role of resource centres and independe...