Participating online and learning languages
A guide for learners
Posting or reacting on participatory sites is a great way to practise your language(s)
but also to improve your digital skills
and to learn to be a digital citizen.
Navigate through the various parts of this guide to:
Learn about the benefits associated to these activities
Find out more about these activities
Look up where these activities can be undertaken
Explore how you can be a digital citizen while completing these activities
Discover the types of activities you can carry out
Check out our catalogue of possible online activities
Learn more about our activity sheets and how they are organised
Enjoy browsing through this guide and participating online!
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Do you spend a lot of time online? Are you active online?
What do you normally do online?
Watch
reels, stories, videos, series, des documentaries,…
Read
news feeds, posts, comics or cartoons, books, articles, instant messages,…
Listen to
music, podcasts, radio, voice messages, …
Speak
on instant message services, in online games, in online communities, on stories or reels, on videos,...
Write
posts, topics, comments, contributions, emails, instant messages,…
(Inter)act
on social media, on online platforms , in forums, in online games, in online communities, on instant message services,…
Share
information, ideas, opinions or tastes, creations, knowledge, skills…
You probably combine some of these activities naturally.
You may have already watched a video and then shared it on a social network with a comment.
Take a moment and ask yourself:
What language(s) do you use most in these activities?
Are you in contact with other languages? Which ones?
Could you do some of these activities in other languages?