1. David Crystal, English as a global language, Cambridge: CUP, 1997

2. Italian school system Primary school (6-11) Middle school (11-14) Secondary school (14-19) Liceo Tecnico Professionale

3. Some turning points in my way of teaching Language acquisition theories Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies Roles of computers in the language classroom

4. 60s-70s Theory: Behaviourism Language learning: imitation of patterns Method: Structuralism / Audio-lingualism Language: set of patterns to be memorized Teacher: Instructor Computer: Teaching machine /Dispenser of drills

5. 80s Theory: Cognitivism Language learning: innate, inductive process Method: Communicative Language: Means of communication Teacher: Guide / Advisor Computer: Cognitive tools / Personal tool

6. 90s Theory: Constructivism Language learning: active, social process Method: Cooperative Learning Language: Means for negotiating/mediating/interacting Teacher: Facilitator Computer: Means of communication (Internet, Web, online communication)

7. The role of the teacher changes when the theoretical background and the methodology change Instructor Trainer Tutor Guide Facilitator A member of the learning community --> Researcher --> unpredictability /risk taking

8. Experimenting

9. What do we learn a language for? Motivation extrinsic - instrumental, integrative intrinsic - school environment, methodology, student-teacher relationship

10. Language and content

11. CBI - Content Based Instruction CLIL - Content and Language Integrated Learning

12. Authentic material Language exposure Motivation Real communicative exchanges

13. Online collaborative projects Face-to-face exchanges A form of CLIL From realistic to real Authentic tasks

14. Asia Europe Classroom - Network

15. 2004 – AEC conference

16. 2004 - 2007 Awarded in Beijing 2005 Award of Exellence in Serres 2006 30 schools involved 11 websites created on the books read together

17. AEC-NET Conference in Beijing 2005

18. AEC-NET Conference in Serres 2006

19. AEC-NET Conference in Kota Kinabalu 2008

20. AEC-NET Conference in Sønderborg 2009

21. AEC-NET online projects we have taken part in Mastering Media Mosaic All Ahoy Cultural Kaleidoscope 2007 Mastering Media - The Sequel About the Past Brick&Mortar@VirtualHomestay Literary Corner Chain Stories Cooking with Shakespeare TraditionalGames@VirtualTraditionalGames@VirtualHomestay The City Jungle

22. Face-to-face exchanges