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Circling the globe: fostering experiential language learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2001

KIRSTEN SÖNTGENS
KIRSTEN SÖNTGENS
Affiliation:
Division of Languages and International Business, University of Central England Business School, Birmingham, UKKirsten.Sontgens@uce.ac.uk
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Abstract

This paper describes a Computer Supported Experiential Learning project at the University of Central England (UCE), for which a bid has been successful to the UK Higher Education Funding Councils’ learning and teaching fund to develop innovative teaching and learning strategies. The project is based upon a well-established curriculum model (Kolb, 1984) which has been adapted by the Learning Methods Unit (LMU) at UCE to include technologies each addressing a particular stage in Kolb’s learning cycle. The model recognises that it is insufficient simply to learn new concepts, just as it is insufficient to have an experience in isolation. The learner must make the link between theory and practice through active experimentation and through reflection on the learning process.

Type
Research Article
Information
ReCALL , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , May 2001 , pp. 59 - 66
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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