Scottish Island Voices: Multimedia Learning in a Multilingual Community

Gordon Wells

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Gaelic CollegeIsle of Skye, Scotland

Horizon College Workshops ConferenceSeptember 27th-28th 2007

Workshop Aims• Introduce the “Scottish Island Voices” language

teaching/community archive project.

• Explain how teachers, learners, and other community members became involved in taking part in or creating short documentary films or interviews.

• Examine various ways the materials themselves and the materials creation process can be used in language teaching.

• Explore how the dynamics of the English-Gaelic bilingual community backdrop can affect, and be exploited in, the language teaching enterprise.

• Consider the benefits of a bi- or multi-lingual approach to ICT-assisted materials creation.

Comments and Suggestions:

sm00gw@groupwise.uhi.ac.ukinfo@gordonwells.co.uk

(Subject Title: Island Voices/Alkmaar Conference)