Tina Gunnarsson

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