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Pleasure in Language Learning: Account for Your Kicks

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This is a rant for now, but I will probably expand this a lot in the future. It started with a quote I learned from one well-known coursebook author, and quickly grew into a liberating – albeit disturbing – idea about foreign language learning. Read on, mull over all this – and tell me if I’m wrong in the comments.

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Moodle Ninja: How to Design an Awesome E-learning Course

Moodle Ninja: How to Design an Awesome E-learning Course

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Moodle means never getting your hands dirty with chalk.

Learning languages might be one of the least eco-friendly things you can do. Think about it: people fly across the globe to spend time collecting stacks of photocopies in well-lit and air-conditioned classrooms. Then they fly back home.

If you’re a course designer – in languages, or in anything people want to learn – at some point you will consider giving e-learning a go. And if you do your research, one name will show up over and over again:

Moodle.

Moodle can become the best thing that’s happened to your teaching. Or the worst. Here’s why it matters, and how to get good at it.