Self access

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Self access
Corso diLingua Inglese 1
Fisciano - SA - 11 ottobre 2007
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• What do you think SELF-ACCESS means?

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Brainstorming

• What do we mean by self-access study?
• What kind of materials can we use for self-access
  study?
• What kind of facilities do I need for self-access
  study?
• What is a self-access language centre?
• How can we learn/improve English in self-access?
• Why self-access to study languages?

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SELF-ACCESS STUDY IS

• The self-direction and self-management of ones
  time, rhythms, choice of activities, materials,
  apparatus, etc, in studying a foreign language,
  but not only

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MATERIALS USED IN SELF-ACCESS?

• Books
• Newspapers /Magazines
• Audiotapes
• Videotapes
• CD-ROM
• DVDs
• Dictionaries
• Websites
• Mp3/Mpeg files
• Corpora
• Satellite tv
• Any others?

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FACILITIES NEEDED IN SELF-ACCESS?

• Table /desk
• Chair
• Computer
• headphone
• Internet connection
• Ipod/mp3 reader
• Any others?

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• What is a self-access language centre?
• How can I learn/improve my English in self-access?

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STUDYING ENGLISH ON CD-ROMS

• English language courses on cd/dvd-rom
• Advantages
• Listening/reading/grammar practice
• Interactivity
• Self-assessment tools
• Feedback
• Authentic materials

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ASSESSMENT TESTS
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ASSESSMENT TESTS
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STUDYING ENGLISH ON-LINE

• English language courses on-line
• Advantages
• Listening/reading/grammar practice
• Enormous amount of materials/activities
• Feedback
• Free accessibility

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CATTEDRA DI LINGUA INGLESE 1
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• You can find a useful collection of links for the
  study of English on line at
• http//www.unisa.it/Centri_e_Vari/Centro_Linguisti
  co_di_Ateneo/link_lingua_inglese.php
• Percorso
• www.unisa.it
• Centri
• Centro Linguistico di Ateneo
• Link utili
• Link inglese

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• NEWS AND NEWSPAPERS ONLINE
• THE SUN                             
                  http//www.thesun.co.uk/
• THE GUARDIAN UNLIMITED                
  http//www.guardian.co.uk/
• THE INDEPENDENT                
  http//www.independent.co.uk/
• THE TELEGRAPH                      
  http//www.telegraph.co.uk/
• THE MIRROR                                     
  http//www.telegraph.co.uk/
• THE TIMES                          
                  http//www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/g
  lobal/
• THE ECONOMIST                       
  http//www.economist.com/index.html
• THE EVENING STANDARD                
  http//www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/
• NEW YORK TIMES                   
  http//www.nyt.com
• FINANCIAL TIMES                   
  http//www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/
• PRESS DISPLAY ON LINE                
  http//www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.as
  px
• BBC NEWS                                         
  http//www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.as
  px
• CHANNEL 4 NEWS                   
  http//www.channel4.com/news/
• ITN NEWS                           
                  http//itn.co.uk/
• ITV NEWS                            
                  http//www.economist.com/index.htm
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• CNN NEWS                                        
  http//www.cnn.com/
• CNN INTERNATIONAL                                
  http//edition.cnn.com/
• SKY NEWS                          
                  http//news.sky.com/skynews/home

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OTHER USES OF INTERNET TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE COMPETENCE/PERFORMANCE

• Chat
• Emails
• Newsgroups
• Blogs
• to communicate/interact with foreign people

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REFERENCE MATERIALS

• Dictionaries on CD-Rom

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REFERENCE MATERIALS

• On-line dictionaries

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WHY SELF-ACCESS TO STUDY LANGUAGES

• Because it respects different individual needs
  with respect to
• different targets and objectives
• different starting points and levels
• personal rhythms
• time availability
• concentration
• different degrees and types of motivation
• the need for privacy
• different learning strategies
• attraction/repulsion by different or new
  technologies
• for different types of activities or exercise
  types
• different preferred aspects of language or
  culture
• different skills desired, etc, etc.
• it develops autonomy for lifelong learning
  through the
• awareness of learning processes
• it develops active participation and
  responsibility

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IN OTHER WORDS

• The self-managment of instruments, time,
  materials etc allows
• a stress-free environment
• the right to be silent until you feel ready
• comprehensible input (S.Krashen)