Development of student-centred language learning environment

Abstract

Student-centred learning is considered one of the most significant pedagogical point of views. Active student participation and connecting learning processes to real world situations are one of the defining properties of the approach. A student-centred learning environment offers students the tools for content production and management with interactive and communal elements, altogether producing a personalized learning experience. Participatory and socially connected Web, or “Web 2.0” has brought elements of social media and open content into the field of learning, enabling the evolvement of studentcentred web-based learning platforms. The purpose of this study was to develop a participatory, web-based language learning platform for Sendai National College of Technology. The application is aimed for the exchange students of the aforementioned school and is meant to facilitate students' language learning and to endorse a self-driven way of learning.