How it Works
Worldchat Education connects second language teachers across the world to design authentic speaking activities for their students. Then, you let your students do the talking! What’s more, paired students’ video chat conversations are recorded and their weekly summaries are directly uploaded onto the Worldchat platform.
Worldchat Education: let your students do the talking!
Video tutorial for TEACHERS click here
Worldchat.live Education is an internet platform to connect second language teachers across the world. As their students discuss worldly topics together using the secure video feature, rich and authentic learning is taking place.
Simply select the level and number of students you are teaching and hit the "MATCH!" button. On the world map, several pins will appear indicating potential collaborations with a group with similar features in, say, Hawaii, Switzerland, Indonesia, Brazil or South Africa.
Worldchat.live Education: let your students do the talking!
Video tutorial for STUDENTS click here
In the news! Worldchat.live Education
Click here to read the following article to find out more:
[A Tool for Authentic Speaking Activities with the World: Worldchat.live Education]
(https://www.profweb.ca/en/publications/articles/a-tool-for-authentic-speaking-activities-with-the-world-worldchat-live-education)
Worldchat.live: let your students do the talking!
TV interview (in French): https://youtu.be/74u9gWL9MNI
Radio interview (in French): https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/au-coeur-du-monde/segments/entrevue/204302/anglais-pedagogie-outil-woldchat-live-lafortune
Advantages of using Worldchat.live Education
Worldchat.live Education offers:
- Exposure to different accents
- Negotiate and learning the meaning of various new words
- Practice their second language in an authentic context
The conversations are recorded for formative feedback. The platform includes a cross-cultural log section for students to report on their learning.
Worldchat is a pedagogical tool that allows second language students to interact verbally in an authentic context with fellow students across the globe to improve their command of the language. For example, while a pair from Rio and Memphis discusses in French or German their respective festivals and traditions, another tandem from Seoul and Quebec talks in Chinese or English about their own education system. As students from around the world practice second language conversation skills together, they negotiate meaning, build vocabulary as well as expressions. We are evolving in a multilingual reality, and Worldchat allows students to be exposed to a variety of accents as they discover different world cultures.
Worldchat.live Education: let your students do the talking!