Building a Personal Language Learning Environment

AbstractChanges in technology and the role of the teacher in langauge learning have allowed learners to take charge of the process and develop their own tools. A way to develop more autonomy is to use a Personal Learning Environment (PLE). PLEs are individual conglomerations of tools, resources, information and interactions both online and off. They focus on the task of learning something chosen by the learner, but can then be applied to new explorations. After an introduction to PLEs, details of specific elements of PLEs are described, along with examples. In the final section we look at adding language to the mix, which results in Personal Language Learning Environments (PLLEs)