Orientenglish travel ends - Badge
Name
Issuer
University of Parma.
Issued since 06 June 2016.
Description
This Badge is earned by learners participating in the course "Orientenglish travel ends" offered by EduOpen. The Badge is to all intents and purposes the course’s certificate of attendance.
Badge Criteria
This badge has been obtained: for taking part in all the sections of the MOOC pathway Learning to learn English (Orientenglish): How is my English?, Searching online to learn English, Learning English by audio and video and for participating in the introductory and final section; for having completed all the interim and final activities for each section that compose the pathway. The “Learning to learn English (OrientEnglish) pathway’s aims are to provide useful ideas to learn the English language more effectively and to refine the useful techniques for the study of a foreign language. The path collects opinions and experiences from experts working throughout Italy. This course is intended for University of Parma (or other Universities) first year undergraduates, as well as for Italian High School students who intend to enrol at the University. The course is also open to all other University graduates who wish to deepen their knowledge in English language and develop language learning strategies. Teachers: Gillian Mansfield, Micol Beseghi, Umberto Santucci, Marina Usberti, Alessandra Giglio, Sara Valla
Skills
Within the sections of the the MOOC Learning to learn English (Orientenglish) the following skills have been acquired: assessing one’s level of English improving one’s learning techniquesstudying in a strategic way applying tricks to win one’s blocks and successfully overcome the difficulties applying to practical cases of searching for resources useful for the study of English a unified and critical method of approaching to research, always focussed on their specific information needschoosing the web query tools appropriate to one's needs considering when and for what research using search engines, portals and disciplinary social bookmarking sites understanding and using the basics of Google logical language using Boolean operators and advanced filtering techniques suited to the recovery of useful materials to the study of a languageevaluating network resources through a comprehensive critical reflection extended by one's needs to the very nature of the information and the means used to obtain them listing and recognizing audio and video resources for learning the English languageusing some useful resources to develop all the four basic language skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing)learning about ideas and examples on how to creatively use some resources for learning the English languageacquiring some mechanisms that allow one's to find useful resources for learning the English language even on their own
Tags
EnglishLanguage, Learning, SocialScience