Have you ever experienced these scenarios?                                                                                                                                                          It’s the end of the academic semester and as you’re returning essays or class tests with careful and thoroughly written feedback you notice that students take an eager glance at their mark, compare results, and put papers immediately in their folders to read those jotted comments maybe later. In one of the best case scenarios they do read your feedback–yet they don’t have a clue of what you mean–and although further clarification is needed you’re never asked. In one of the worst… Read More

The Centre for Excellence in Multimedia Language Learning (CEMLL) at the University of Ulster is a project funded by the Department of Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland that for the last five years has provided technical and pedagogical support to adopt new and varied uses of technology in the teaching of languages. CEMLL has mainly expanded the pedagogical effectiveness of multimedia language labs and enhanced students’ independent learning. A core team has created a number of activities, such as task-based learning exercises, and trained staff to use virtual learning environments like WebCT –for further reference you can read the relevant MOLAN case study ‘Centre for Excellence in Multimedia Language Learning’ Read More