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Practicing L2 Speaking in a Collaborative Video-Conversation Environment
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, Dept. of Mathematical Engineering and Computer Science, Public University of Navarre, Spain ; , , , , Dept. of Computer Languages and Systems, University of the Basque Country, Spain

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Honolulu, HI, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-73-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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This paper presents Babbelium Project, a new e-learning system for foreign language learning based on a collaborative open source environment. This project is focused on the improvement of speaking skills in order to cover an existing gap: the lack of fluence when speaking a second or foreing language. Existing systems offer solutions for that but there are still some problems as economic cost, rigid timetables and even fear of speaking. Babbelium Project presents innovative technological solutions based on video treatment to solve these obstacles. It offers people the opportunity to learn a new language usign their mother tongue knowledge (they master) as ‘credit’ to ‘pay’ that new learning.

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Sanz-Santamaría, S., Pereira Vare, J.A., Gutiérrez Serrano, J., Pérez Fernández, T.A. & Vadillo Zorita, J.A. (2009). Practicing L2 Speaking in a Collaborative Video-Conversation Environment. In G. Siemens & C. Fulford (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2009--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 3448-3456). Honolulu, HI, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved December 6, 2019 from .

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