Large Scale e-Language Laboratory Based on Web 2.0

摘要

We set four objectives for our original e-Learning system project for Japanese language education, called JPLANG. The first objective is to develop an original Web 2.0 based e-Language Laboratory. The second is to develop comprehensive educational materials for teaching Japanese from an introductory to university level. The third is to use this system and its content to improve teaching in our classrooms. The final objective is to provide e-Language Laboratory services for Japanese learners and teachers throughout the world. We developed an original e-Language Laboratory using emerging technologies such as Ajax, Ruby on Rails, and Flash Media Server. So far, we have developed introductory Japanese language text books consisting of 1,692 web pages and 20,500 sound files for 300 hours of teaching. In the year and a half it has been in service, more than 2,900 users have registered from more than 30 countries. In this paper, we present our approach for developing a Web 2.0 based e-Language Laboratory.