{"id":1099,"date":"2010-08-20T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2010-09-02T16:28:06","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T14:28:06","slug":"absolutely-intercultural-116-languages-out-there-jason-west-verge-china-morocco-chantiers-sociaux-marocains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=1099","title":{"rendered":"absolutely intercultural 116 +++ Languages Out There +++ Jason West +++ Verge +++ China +++ Morocco +++ Chantiers Sociaux Marocains +++"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1099-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_116.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_116.mp3\">http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_116.mp3<\/a><\/audio><a rel=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bobydimitrov\/3657076986\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bobydimitrov\/3657076986\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/n100001041392110_4546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1222\" title=\"n100001041392110_4546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/n100001041392110_4546.jpg\" alt=\"Chantiers Sociaux Marocains\" width=\"127\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a>absolutely out there<br \/>\n<\/strong>Back in March we talked about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.languagesoutthere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Languages Out There <\/a>approach by Jason West which consists of preparing students in the classroom and then sending them out with mini tasks which involve interacting with the general public outside the classroom. For those classes not based in English speaking countries Jason suggests organising students to interact with English speakers online. I spoke to Jason about how he developed that side of the approach and how practical it could be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely online<br \/>\n<\/strong>After speaking to Jason I decided to ask Richard Wood of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vergeculture.org\/en\/node\/6\" target=\"_blank\">Verge<\/a> \u00a0in China how he applies the Languages Out There approach in an environment with very few native speakers available to practice with.\u00a0 While speaking to Richard Wood I realised that the Language Out There approach is simply what a motivated person might do and what Jason West&#8217;s methods do is to enable less motivated or less confident learners to make progress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely voluntary<br \/>\n<\/strong>I met Rachad Izzat from Rabat in Morocco at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.euromedalex.org\/forum2010\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Lindh Foundation Forum <\/a>in Barcelona in March. Rachad is Programme Manager at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csm.netsons.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chantiers Sociaux Marocains <\/a>which organises volunteer work all over Morocco and he explained how voluntary work lead to intercultural exchange without needing to leave Morocco.If you wanted to get involved with CSM you could for example sign up to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=152654698082650&amp;ref=mf\" target=\"_blank\">trekking project <\/a>this September or October staying with local hosts, learning a little Arabic and being shown around some of the main historical sites and then trekking in the Atlas mountains. You will find more information on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=152654698082650&amp;ref=mf\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The next show will be coming to you on\u00a03rd September from <a title=\"Laurent Borgmann\" href=\"http:\/\/www.laurent-borgmann.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Laurent Borgmann<\/a> in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>So long\u2026stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>The host of this show is: <a href=\"http:\/\/annefox.eu\">Anne Fox<\/a><br \/>\nEditor: Dino Nogarole<\/p>\n<div><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poddownico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <a title=\"Download the show\" href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_116.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podfeedico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/absolutely-intercultural\" target=\"_blank\">Podcast-Feed<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podaboico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=137617215&amp;s\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes-Abo<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>absolutely out there Back in March we talked about the Languages Out There approach by Jason West which consists of preparing students in the classroom and then sending them out with mini tasks which involve interacting with the general public outside the classroom. For those classes not based in English speaking countries Jason suggests organising &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=1099\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;absolutely intercultural 116 +++ Languages Out There +++ Jason West +++ Verge +++ China +++ Morocco +++ Chantiers Sociaux Marocains +++&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21,455,226,580,228,84,315,507,508,997,522,572,570],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-absolutely-intercultural","tag-anna-lindh-foundation","tag-anne-fox","tag-chantiers-sociaux-marocains","tag-china","tag-denmark","tag-dr-elmar-laurent-borgmann","tag-jason-west","tag-languages-out-there","tag-podcast","tag-rachad-izzat","tag-richard-wood","tag-verge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}