The European College of Madrid has reaffirmed its commitment to new technologies as an ideal tool as well in language learning. IT is an essential part of its educational model. In this way, they are present in most of its subjects and projects and, as it could not be otherwise, also in the commitment to multilingual learning that the school offers its students.
So the centurytech tool It has become an essential in this regard. It allows to work in a personalized way with each student, adapting to the level that each of them needs in a completely individual way and developing a study plan through exercises that develop their abilities. CenturyTech helps students to access the information resources they need, in addition, through gamification, which enhances the individual motivation of each one. This teaching-learning tool is based on artificial intelligence and also allows teachers to control the entire learning process from the beginning, both evaluating its initial level and its entire development.
This tool, that is worked in the courses from 1º ESO to 3º ESO On a weekly basis in English classes mainly, it serves to practice areas of grammar, punctuation and spelling that students are learning in the classroom. It is also used to develop students’ reading comprehension. At the beginning of a unit, students take a diagnostic test on word types (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, etc.), so teachers can identify each student’s strengths and needs. Based on the results of the diagnostic test, the tool creates an individualized path for each student.
For example, at the beginning of a unit where the use of adjectives and adverbs will be learned, the students with their headphones watch a short explanation or read a presentation about their use in context and, afterwards, the students answer a series of questions that are differentiated for each student, according to the results of their diagnostic test. After completing the session, students see their results immediately and share feedback on their learning. They can do the session again if they see that they need to practice more. The explanation and questions will be different on the second attempt.
Also in high school
It should be noted that Century Tech is also used in high school courses as specific reinforcement for some students who need to reinforce the grammatical contents that will enter the English exams of the EvAuin addition to practicing spelling, which is where some students lose points in the English writing of this test.
On the other hand, it is important to point out that, from the European College of Madrid, which has education in values, pedagogical innovation, international education and personalized attention as the basic pillars of its educational system, it works from the first academic years on language training. For this reason, from childhood, the students of this center have, among other things, a program for polyglot babies where they work in several languages, a value that, in addition, they manage to promote and take a step further thanks to such innovative projects as the CenturyTech tool.
“Language training is a key point in our educational project and, at the same time, so are new technologies. Therefore, it was inevitable that, sooner or later, Let’s find a way to unite both aspects in just one and achieve, in this way, offer a more complete, innovative and effective education among our students”, says Sonia Barrar, head of the modern foreign languages department at the European College of Madrid.
