The Virtual Independent Learning Centre

The Virtual Independent Learning Centre or VILC is an online service for English language learners, backed by the resources of AMES Australia, Australia's largest specialist provider of education and employment services for people with a language background other than English. VILC is a subscription-based, not-for-profit service for English languag... e learners and ELT teachers and providers around the world. one of Australia's most popular sources of online content for language learning. contains tasks based on real web pages, everyday media, and free learning and information resources to help students and teachers use the Internet to meet curriculum goals. encourages Internet use on an everyday basis allowing teachers and learners to use their Internet time most efficiently. Realweb : Realweb is a collection of hundreds of language learning tasks, on dozens of topics, for leading ELT curriculums, based on real web pages. Tasks are being constantly checked, upgraded and expanded. Easynews : Easynews is a huge collection of news items prepared and read by professional journalists and newsreaders at Australia's Special Broadcasting Services SBS, with language learning activities prepared by AMES. New tasks, at three levels of difficulty, are posted fortnightly. Checkout : Checkout is a collection of specially prepared language learning resources. Listen to this : A collection of listening resources (podcast) with English learning activities that on business, tourism and hospitality,studying in Australia and the safe use of medicines. Watch this : Video clips to download onto your computer, iPod, mp4player or mobile phone for independent or classroom learning. Life stories are vodcasts sourced from SBS television. Real stories based on life issues with language activities at up to 3 levels, scripts, teacher notes and related websites. New Practices in Flexible Learning 2006 has explored the application of online casting in educational contexts. A number of different educational organisations have been involved in ...Read More