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EDUCATIONAL CONTENT AND SOFTWARE The learning content in the <strong>Laureate</strong> English program is a completely unique and cutting-edge development. Based on the Touchstone course, it offers the first truly blended learning solution for English Language Teaching. BLENDED LEARNING WITH TOUCHSTONE Touchstone is now available completely offline in the form of the existing course books and supporting materials and completely online with a full range of digital materials and collaborative tools, including a fully online version of the course. <strong>Laureate</strong> English teachers can use the materials as they please – from 100% online to 100% offline or any blend of the two. The Touchstone Online Course content maps onto the Touchstone Student’s Book at every step right down to the level of individual exercises plus there is additional material such as video explanations of grammar points to support self-study. This enables successful blending of the online and offline experience and means that the material can be used for a variety of purposes such as: • Pre-class preparation • Post-class revision, remedial work, extension, consolidation • Replacing a class or allowing a student to make up a missed class • Dealing with multi-ability classes – quicker students have extra materials, slower students can repeat, recycle, review as often as necessary. LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The Touchstone Online course is delivered to students and teachers in the Learning Management System (LMS). This software allows universities to set up English courses, monitor progress, create reports, administer assessment and create collaborative learning and portfolios. 6 LAUREATE ENGLISH PROGRAM
With Touchstone, learning is: Communicative – video role plays and voice tools allows students to practice all language skills without a teacher Collaborative – the use of Web 2.0 collaborative tools such as blogs and wikis allow students to work together outside the classroom Autonomous – students can learn effectively on their own Benefits of Touchstone and the LMS: • Adoption is possible whatever the level of e-maturity. • The physical limitations of the classroom or campus are lifted allowing you to reach students wherever they are, whenever they want to learn. • The amount of time that students can work without a teacher is increased. • Continuous assessment is available through the automatic grading of student’s work in the online course. • Students who expect to use the digital tools of their everyday lives in their learning are motivated. • Teachers who want to upgrade their teaching using technology are motivated. The Touchstone Course and the Learning Management System have been developed by Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press was founded by a royal charter granted to the University of Cambridge in 1534. Today the Press is one of the largest academic and educational publishers worldwide and a leading publisher of English language teaching and learning materials. With its offices in more than 30 countries, the Press continually researches learners’ needs and provides products, information,training and other support services to teachers. Six warehouses around the world and relationships with specialist as well as global retailers ensure that all Cambridge University Press products reach customers quickly and effectively. LAUREATE ENGLISH PROGRAM 7
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