Internet Technology-Based Projects in Learning and Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Yakutsk State University

Abstract

This paper discusses recent uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in fostering Internet-based projects for learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at the Faculty of Foreign Languages in Yakutsk State University, Russia. It covers the authors’ experiences integrating distance education and creating educational resources within the Moodle LMS and wiki projects based on Web 2.0 social networking technologies. Also it discusses our international project, Net-based Course Development: English through Digital Storyline, in cooperation with the University of Tromsø, Norway.

Keywords:

• e-learning,
• IT technologies,
• English as a foreign language,
• wiki,
• social networks