ICTs and interactive multimedia b-learning environments for teaching and learning English as a foreign/second language

This paper describes an interactive multimedia b-learning communicative English program which has been created using ICT tools to put SLA learning principles and CALL materials design issues into practice for innovating the teaching and learning of English as a foreign/second language [1]. The program aims to develop integrated linguistic skills, with an emphasis on listening comprehension and oral production, and a focus on learning for authentic communication. The b-learning program encompasses: (a) learners’ work with an e-learning interactive multimedia language learning environment, (b) online monitoring (c) face-to-face EFL teacher-led classes, and (d) interaction and culture workshops with native speakers of English. The program has been implemented successfully with tertiary education students, university teachers, and non-professional workers. It will now be implemented at middle school and high school education level at socially and economically deprived schools, through ENLACES, program to evaluate its technical usability and propose it as a model to innovate current practices with the use of ICT.