Benefits of contributing to participative sites
Why contributing to participative sites?
Discover the benefits associated to these activities
Being in charge of your own contributions and acting in a concrete way
Acting online with other users, connecting with other people, expanding your networks, choosing the communities you want to participate in and contributing as you want to, can all be a motivating way to use and learn languages.
Being active (not just a consumer)
Participating online provides an opportunity to be an active member of online communities and make social connections.
Developing confidence and skills in languages
While participating online, you can develop language knowledge and skills by observing what other members of the communities are doing and saying, as well as by practising languages. You can also gain confidence in your ability to use languages.
Using language in an authentic and meaningful way
You can use the target language in an authentic communication situation. You can share information, ideas, etc. which are relevant to the community and to you.
Developing different literacies: digital, creative,...
Participating online can help you develop your creativity and digital skills (creating videos, animations, searching for information, digital identity, ...). You can combine all your knowledge and skills (what you know about the world, use of emoticons and illustrations...) to improve your ability to communicate.
Experiencing cultural diversity and developing your identity in the target language
In online communities, you can (inter)act with people with different sets of values, beliefs and practices. You can also develop an identity as a member of the language community.
Being a citizen and user of languages and digital technology
You can act as a citizen and participate in an active, informed, competent, ethical and responsible way in the life of various communities. You can share the same rights and responsibilities as other members. You can use and even combine different languages, using all your skills and acquiring a high degree of language versatility.
For more information, see the page on "how to act as a citizen".