Just-in-Time Edcucation and Second Language

Ragoonaden, K. (2011, June), Bonjour/Hello: Just-in-Time Education and Second Language. 6th International Conference on e-Learning ICEL-2011, Canada.

This article is presented in the 6^th International Conference on e-Learning ICEL-2011 held in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

By introducing the problems met in the practice of the French Immersion pedagogy, the Just-in-Time Education theory, interactive multimedia environment and participatory cultures theory, this article proposes that an increased exposure to French language can occur through electronic networking and interactive media by exposing second language students to authentic contexts and more importantly to authentic communications with Francophones on a wide array of subjects.

This article reinforces the significance of multimedia environment and the output of the target language, to the second language acquisition. What sounds impossible right now in my teaching context is the authentic communications with the native speakers, which finishes the second language learning half way.