2015 # 4 (12)
Dolzhenkova V.V.
On using of the opportunities Wiki-sites in the classroom during the studying Spanish as a foreign language
Abstract
Wiki is an Internet page with special functions. Its users can independently change structure and contents by means of the tools given by a site. The most known project of a similar sort is Wikipedia. The site of Wiki suggests all users edit any page or create new pages, using an usual web-browser, gives the chance to correct the text by means of the site, without application of other editors, and changes appear right after their entering. Content is divided into the called pages, communication between them is supported by the creation of references to other pages of the site or on various foreign Internet sources. Application of Wiki resources in student teaching gives the opportunity to the teacher to represent methodical materials in the interactive form, supplement and edit which all participants of the project can, enrich lecture materials with photos, audio records and video fragments, and also collectively to create teaching materials, creative works – an essay, presentations, ENCYCLOPEDIAS. Active use of Wiki-sites in educational process develops creative potential of the student, learns to work with the information, to state it, to systematize and analyze, develops ability to work in collective.
Key words
the Internet, wiki, sources, references to edit, Viajesaespaña, methodical materials, Hot Potatoes, the student, the teacher