ELS@Work - European Languages for Secretaries

Partners:

CPR Gijón

Name of the person involved in the event:

Ana Monte Río and Melissa Valdés

Date of the event:

23^rd September 2008

Type of Dissemination event:

Sixth Meeting

Description of Dissemination Event:

-Analysis and assessment of the ELS Portal in adult education:Gathering evaluation grids. -Suggestions for improvement of the ELS Portal. -Feedback on usability.

Target group:

7 foreign language teachers who work for EOIs (state language schools in Spain)

Number of people reached by event:

7

Held in:

Gijón (SP)

Outcomes and Results:

The main conclusions of their feedback should be taken into account in the design of the on-line tutoring of the ELS Portal:
-There is not a good balance of difficulties.
-There are still some spelling and grammar mistakes that need to be corrected.
-There are also some technical bugs to be mended.
-There’s no chance to rewind, whenever pause or stop is clicked, the activity starts again from the beginnig.
-There was some discussion about the possibility of an introduction to provide a context to be included in the dialogues.
-The teachers wanted the tapescript to be hidden.
-In some game and grammar activities, the speed of the exercises is too high and no feedback is provided when the answer chosen is wrong.
- The simulations should include more possible options. More time is needed to read and understand the different choices provided

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